Workers approaching retirement -- and many current retirees -- should plan to sock away more money for future health care costs. My Comment: This article appeared five months ago, long before the curent matter before the Supreme Court took center stage. I’m holding my breath about what those folks on the bench are going to …
Category: Economy & Markets
Business Should Help the Heartland
My Comment: Our media, often maligned as being controlled by the left, tends to give us a homemade version of the facts. The Financial Times is a UK publication which I read daily to help me better understand what our media is telling us. Here is an article that fits my Wednesday theme which is …
J.P. Morgan Weekly Market Recap – March 26, 2012
A summary of what happened last week, and might happen this week. Click HERE...
Health Insurance is for Everyone
My Comment: I began my career as an insurance agent in 1975. I found a way to offer health insurance to employees of the university that provided similar and/or better coverage for less money every month. I watched and listened during the Clinton years to efforts to remedy the health insurance problems facing this country. …
J.P. Morgan Weekly Market Recap – March 19, 2012
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Vocational Training Is No Substitute For High School
My Comment: Some of you are aware of my continued interest in the welfare of the magnet programs across Alachua County. I’ve been a member of the advisory board to the two programs at Buchholz High School since the mid 90’s. They are, respectively, the Academy of Finance and the Academy of Entrepreneurship. The original …
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What’s Behind those Higher Gas Prices
My Comment: Yesterday, at my usual barbershop, there was a vigorous discussion between the person next to me and his barber about how it was Obama’s fault that gas prices were so high. When I asked how it was possible for him to so aggressively influence the price of oil, I was told that it …
The State of the World: A Framework, by George Friedman
My Comment: Today must be Wednesday since the principal blog post is about politics. But I'm tired of the clowns involved in the Republican primaries and so am going a different direction. George Friedman is clearly a strategic thinker and describer of stuff that will ultimately influence how our lives will play out over time. …
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U.S. Needs Chinese Partners in Asian Century
My Comment: I think there is an increasing awareness, at least I hope there is, that the future of China and of the United States are inexorably tied together. Ever since the end of the Cold War, there has been a lack of balance among nations on the global scale. We are the undisputed super …
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J.P. Morgan Weekly Market Recap – February 21, 2012
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Helping Define Your Financial Future 