My Comment: Apart from apparently boundless resources, this country’s greatness can be attributed in part to the immigrants who came here looking for a better life than the one they left behind. Millions of immigrants, including me, built our lives in this country. Given the opportunity, I like to return to where I was born, …
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My Comments: Most of you have by now figured out that I’m likely to vote for Obama in the upcoming election. Not that I’m opposed to rich people, it’s just that there are some rich people who are completely tone deaf when it comes to opportunities for those who are not rich. I’m one of …
By Bob Seawright (Bob Seawright is chief investment and information officer for Madison Avenue Securities in San Diego.) On the day I write this column, I made my last payment towards the education of my children. Had I paid via actual paper draft rather than electronic transfer, I would have waited to receive the cancelled …
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For those of you who pay attention and want to time the market, here’s this weeks best summary:
My Comments: The source of this headline is a free weekly investment newsletter called Cognitive Concord. I don’t know what that means exactly and am unsure how the author came to be called what he claims to be his name. But the ideas are good ideas and well articulated. And since I don’t have the …
My Comments: It's fascinating to watch the changing dynamic of China as an economic power, moving inexorably toward a form of democracy, driven by an emerging middle class that is clearly starting to express an interest in the rewards of a "good life", while at the same time experiencing the political pressures that dictate how …
The official plaintiff in the Obamacare case was the main small-business lobbying organization. In fact, the new health care law should be a boon to entrepreneurs. By Matthew Yglesias|Posted Monday, July 2, 2012 The landmark health care case decided last week by the Supreme Court was a win for the Obama administration and a loss …
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My Comments: To hear the Tea Party tell us, its time to Take Back America. My response is “take us back to when?”. You can talk about freedoms and opportunities and no one to tell you how to live your life but you and I know that you simply can’t turn back the clock. If …
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If this is Tuesday, (and I think it is; we just got back from a trip to California and six days of sleep deprivation) then today is when I write something about the problems of paying for a college education. This article comes from a MDPreferred.com, an organization I work with to help physicians navigate …
My Comments: In 1950, my parents brought me to these United States and I became and American. I was granted citizenship in 1959 when I graduated from high school. I have regrets, but none of them as a result of my coming here to live, be educated, and grow a family. As a professional in …
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