My Comments: This is a subject that is consuming the country and with good reason. Those in favor of a strike and those opposed have logic and emotion in their favor. Personally, I’m not persuaded that a limited strike, mostly symbolic, will have any lasting effect. On the other hand, like it or not, there …
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Successful Investing Stems From Process, Not Goals
My Comments: Unfortunately, while this is absolutely correct, virtually all of us measure our success or lack of it by results. How we got there is at that point irrelevant. I’ve been professionally involved in the investment process for almost 40 years, and have cautioned clients over and over again with that famous disclaimer about …
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What Syria Means for the Market
My Comments: Wouldn't it be nice if the world and our lives were able to move from one month or year to the next with no unnecessary drama. But it doesn't, perhaps because it can't. Why the issue of Syria caused the markets to leap about earlier this week was the focus of commentary by …
Most Employers Say They’re Ready for PPACA
My Comments: It's beyond my ability to comprehend why the Republicans in Congress are still trying to defund the PPACA. It seems at this point they simply don't like Obama because he has a funny name, or is the wrong color, or because he reached a level in politics they can only dream about. That …
GLOBAL WARMING?
My Comments: Is it my imagination or are more and more folks finally accepting the fact that the earth is warming up? Why it makes any sense to deny the obvious is beyond me. Now, whether we can do anything realistic to stop or even slow it down is an unknown. But as I've mentioned …
‘Mission in a Bottle’
My Comments: Book reviews are way outside my normal comfort zone. But this book is about entrepreneurship, which is way inside my comfort zone. I have not yet read the book, but I have plans to. Review by Jason Abbruzzese | August 21, 2013 4:47 pm Mission in a Bottle: The Honest Guide to Doing …
The New Fed Chair Should Not Be One of the Usual Suspects
My Comments: I recently posted a blog in favor of Lawrence Summers to replace Ben Bernanke as chair. I also suggested that Janet Yellen would be OK. Now here is another argument that unfortunately makes a lot of sense. Clearly, whomever is ultimately chosen by Obama is going to have a huge impact on global …
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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 …
Social Security: A Windfall For the U.S. Government?
My Comments: I’ve talked about Social Security from time to time in this blog. I’ve expressed my opinion which contradicts that of my son (age 41). He thinks it’s unlikely he’ll ever see any benefits from what all of us know as Social Security. Some 30 years ago, there was widespread perception that it could …
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Bits and Pieces – August 20, 2013
DOW DIPS - Familiar story behind a fall in stocks: fears that the Fed is about to begin a taper off of its bond-buying program. The indexes moved lower as St. Louis Federal Reserve President James Bullard said there could be risk of excessive inflation in the future. Yesterday, Atlanta Fed President Dennis Lockhart lifted …
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