From the Financial Times (Great Britain), by Steven Rattner ( A view from the other side of the Atlantic ) In a fusillade of debates and speeches President Barack Obama and his Republican challengers have firmly established the economic policy combat lines for next year. What an electoral battle it will be – a clash …
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I really don't know the answer to this question but it has been asked more frequently than I can remember during the last couple of years. I do know that it takes a lot of money to complete a four year degree, that the traditional sources of funding are increasingly a problem for many families, …
Eight drastic policy measures necessary to prevent global economic collapse. None of them will be popular. By Nouriel Roubini Posted Monday, Sept. 19, 2011 The latest economic data suggest that recession is returning to most advanced economies, with financial markets now reaching levels of stress unseen since the collapse of Lehman Bros. in 2008. The …
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Many, many years ago, I was sent this story. It is a speech given by a Dr. Alan Loy McGinnis to a meeting of the Million Dollar Round Table. Commonly known as the MDRT, this group represented and represents the elite among life insurance salesman across the country. Whenever I feel the need for a …
I’ve recently realized that for the past several years as an investment advisor, I’ve been doing my best to force square pegs into round holes. And it hasn’t worked very well. You’d think with all my experience, it would have become obvious much sooner, but apart from being uncomfortable, I had no clear understanding until …
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not what the pretend politicians are telling us. Financial Times article by Martin Wolf What is to be done? To find an answer, listen to the markets. They are saying: borrow and spend, please. Yet those who profess faith in the magic of the markets are most determined to ignore the cry. The fiscal skies …
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By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN Published: September 6, 2011 Kishore Mahbubani, a retired Singaporean diplomat, published a provocative essay in The Financial Times on Monday that began like this: “Dictators are falling. Democracies are failing. A curious coincidence? Or is it, perhaps, a sign that something fundamental has changed in the grain of human history. I …
In Part One we ended talking about Revocable Family Trusts and what they are. Continuing that conversation, the next step is... Asset Protection for Trust Beneficiaries A revocable trust provides no asset protection for the trust maker during his or her life. Upon the death of the trust maker, however, or upon the death of …
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