My Comments: I’m thinking of getting into the markets. That’s a sure sign the bottom will soon drop out. Jesse Felder on March 18, 2017 Last week I focused on fundamentals, sharing 3 charts that show stock market valuations are totally unprecedented. This week I'll focus on sentiment. When looking at sentiment many people like …
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My Comments: There’s a fundamental difference between strategies and tactics. If you don’t now know the difference, and you realistically plan to retire at some point, then I encourage you to learn and understand the difference. Too many people get caught up in tactical steps, responding to what they might see on TV or in …
My Comments: We long ago decided as a society that letting huge swaths of our population, the elderly, suffer and die early was not in our best interest. This premise has been part of the fabric of every society for millions of years. In the 1930’s it was decided that it was not enough to …
My Comments: Our economy is dying. And it has nothing to do with Republicans or Democrats. It has to do with demographics. A solution is to encourage immigration, a source of new people to add to the labor force, buy homes, buy cars, buy groceries, buy insurance policies, and everything else normal people do. Yes, …
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My Comments: I’ve posted extensively over these past 5 years about the ACA and the health care industry in general. I’ve watched, as a person involved in selling health care insurance these past 40 years, the confounding annual increases in the cost of healthcare to the point it would overwhelm our GDP if not checked. …
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My Comments: Fixing what ails us ain’t going to be easy. Especially when the two political parties are more intent on having the other fail than doing what we hired them to do in the first place. My future is limited while that of my children and grandchildren has decades to run. Economics, despite it …
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My comments: Social Security is under threat. It’s running out of money. Sort of. Back in 1983, under President Reagan, Congress made some changes as, like now, the future of the program looked cloudy. They increased the age at which you qualified for full benefits, they increased the percentage of earned income you paid into …
My Comments: I have no idea where the following came from. I found them in my archives and decided the respective statements and explanation are still very relevant. And besides, today is Monday and that’s when I post stuff about investing money. My apologies for not being able to correctly attribute this post. Which investment …
My Comments: Most of you know I’m no fan of Donald Trump. But I am a realist and my primary focus going forward is to figure out how to best help myself and my clients manage the fallout that is coming. While Reagan was recognized as a ‘great communicator’, Trump will be seen as a …
My Comments: A phrase I’m known to use from time to time is that ‘life is generally better with more money than it is with less money.” While this might seem obvious, there are many people whose efforts to have more money have fallen flat. Here’s a few ideas that might help you. Michelle Mabry, …
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