My Comments: Here are my two cents for one of the decisions made by the Supreme Court last week. As someone completely secure in his own skin, I feel absolutely no threat to my personal well being if same-sex marriage is allowed by law. I say it this way as I can find no rational …
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Moving!
Todays post is to let anyone and everyone reading this that we have moved. More accurately, we are in the middle of a move, hopefully the last time I do this in my lifetime. At least voluntarily. Chaos reigns supreme! My next post will happen after we somehow get internet service at the new address …
2014 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog. Here's an excerpt: A New York City subway train holds 1,200 people. This blog was viewed about 4,500 times in 2014. If it were a NYC subway train, it would take about 4 trips to carry that many people. Click here to …
10 Things To Know About Whole Life Insurance
My Comments: I’ve been licensed to sell life insurance since early in 1976. During this almost 40 year span, arguments have come and gone about the relative merits of life insurance, and what kind you should buy, if you should buy it at all. Many of us in this business are profoundly distrusted by those …
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Perspective
From time to time my natural balance, especially my mental balance, gets out of whack. Some in my family argue this is increasingly frequent. To solve this, I sometimes turn to images and thoughts about the vast emptiness of the universe. Thinking about this and looking at images like this one leads me to conclude …
LinkedIn – the Social Media Giant
My Comments: Just recently, I’ve committed to an effort to use LinkedIn to expand my horizons as a financial professional. I’d really like to hear comments from any of you about LinkedIn, and your reaction to this post. Do you have experience with LinkedIn; what are your thoughts about it; to what extent does getting …
Free Polarised Politics From its Intellectual Vacuum
My Comments: Here lies my total frustration with politicians as they exist today. At least at the national level. For over three years we’ve had politicians on the right trying to rid the country of a framework of rules about the healthcare delivery system in the US. Never mind that it was passed by Congress …
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Prepare Now for Tricky Times Ahead
My Comments: I believe the next several weeks are critical for my clients. I’m doing everything I can to reach out to them and attempt to have them make changes. I don’t think we’re likely to have a crash like the one we experienced in 2008, but the volatility will be enough to drive some …
Is it Time to Say Goodbye to the Social Security Card?
My Comment: I still have the Social Security card issued to me when I was 14 when several friends and I got a job in Chattanooga. We were hired by the Chattanooga Times to stuff the comics into the Sunday edition of the Times. I recall we had to be there about 11:00 pm and …
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A Subtle Defrosting in China’s Chilly War with America
My Comments: As an investment advisor with many retired or soon to be retired clients, I am trusted with making sure that whatever retirement resources there are get invested wisely and safely. Once you reach this stage in life, there are not many opportunities for a “do over”. With that in mind, China and the …
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