The daily news is confounding. You want to believe good stuff is happening, then you find something that makes you shake your head. I'm always inclined to believe those with manifest skills and expertise than those whose messaging is clouded by "hope for the best" outcomes. This appeared today as a post from Mark Avera …
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Dow Futures Shiver as This Bubble Chart Predicts a Terrifying Crash
My Comments: Make no mistake, I want this economic chaos to end as soon as possible. If there were no attendant pandemic, I'd be all in favor of using rational steps that worked in years past. You can see and hear the discomfort between those whose focus is the economy and those whose focus is …
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Covid19 Truths From The BBC
My Comments: This morning I ventured out to the grocery store for the first time in weeks. Up to now, our son has been on the front line for grocery shopping. It went pretty well. I arrived at 8:30, my position in line was about #75 and at 9:00 the doors opened. Fortunately I got …
Our Changing Society
A few days ago, I talked about how every 70-90 years or so, our society has experienced a dramatic upheaval. Starting with the American Revolution, the one we have now might be considered #4. In the roughly 85 years since the Great Depression, some of arguably the best years of our nation's history happened. Following …
How Many Will Die Before Trump Figures Out COVID-19 Isn’t a PR Campaign?
My Comments: Over the coming weeks and months, some of you are going to unfriend me or unsubscribe to these posts. That's fine with me. I'm increasingly convinced Trump is an abomination, a malignant tumor, one we must overcome if we are to survive. Working from home is nothing new for me. I've been doing …
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Statistics and Reasons for Church Decline
This copyrighted article appeared on a site called churchleadership.org. I have no idea when it was published. I saved it for future reference as it explains some of my personal observations about organized religion. I share it with you today as an alternative to talking about money again. My proclivity to attend church, or not …
Our Changing Values
A few years ago, I became aware that once every 70 - 90 years here in the US, we’ve experienced a dramatic social upheaval. Society gets completely turned on it’s head and societal norms get re-evaluated. Each time it happened, we remain the same nation but find ourselves in a new framework. It’s happening again. …
The Real Miami
My experience with Miami proper is limited. I recall being there 60 years ago as a child on vacation and maybe a couple of times for insurance company meetings. Today, it’s somewhere down south of here and I may never be there again. But these are troubled times, and I don’t just mean the COVID-19 …
Will It Be Enough?
My wife and I have been more or less self-quarantined for some time now. Officially, lockdown in our county went into effect at 12:01 AM last night. With virtually no guidance from either Washington or the state capital, our local leaders decided it was time. We amuse ourselves reading, writing, phone calling, playing games on …
Corporate Bailouts?
Robert Reich, the Secretary of Labor from 1993 to 1997, is a well known liberal economist and lawyer. He brought to my attention yesterday, moves being taken by the current administration in support of American industries. I’m of mixed mind about what’s being proposed. Yes, it’s true that right now the US economy is headed …
Helping Define Your Financial Future 