My Comments: Once again, the question of a market crash raises its ugly head. And once again, no one has a clue when it will happen. And once again, as I tell my clients and prospective clients, it really doesn’t matter if you have your money where it can grow regardless of when and how …
Continue reading Stocks Will Rise And The 3 Trades You Can’t Make
My Comments: These might seem like a no brainer. The financial media is awash with articles talking about how Americans simply don’t have enough money to retire. In the larger perspective, this, if true, is going to put enormous pressure on the government to subsidize the living cost of those who run out of money. …
Continue reading 6 Strategies to Reduce Your Need for Money When You Retire
My Comments: The blogosphere and financial press is increasingly filled with questions and presumed answers about the amount of time since the last market correction. The focus of each writers attention is to suggest doom is imminent or doom is not imminent. Personally, I have no idea when the next crash will happen, just that …
My Comments: Damn. I knew this was too good to be true. This had to have been written earlier this year but it showed up just a few days ago. Must have come from the same people who wrote the code for HealthCare.gov. And yes, I know none of this is "free" but still. The …
Continue reading Here’s All The Free Stuff You Can Get With Obamacare
My Comments: Math was not and remains not one of my strengths. But I understand this part. If you are younger than I am and have an opportunity to put some money to work, you need to push the envelope and make it happen. Whether you do or not, the price you pay for stuff …
Continue reading These 3 Charts Show The Amazing Power Of Compound Interest
My Comments: This appeared in a financial planning magazine and really doesn’t need any comments from me. I’d only mess it up. Well, wait a minute. Years and years agao, before computers, social media and instant messaging, I read that every man should achieve three goals. They were to build a house, father a child …
My original idea was to post these every week or so. (That didn't work out too well! ) Many people like to make their own investment decisions and this recap is a great way to gain insight into what is going on globally. This weekly broadcast from J. P. Morgan will give you some insights …
Continue reading J.P. Morgan Weekly Market Recap – July 21, 2014
My Comments: Yes, It's Monday but please, don’t be turned off by the topic. I know economics is often a complicated and boring exercise, but what follows is not only compelling, but written so that most anyone will understand it. This is quite different from what you hear on television and from political pundits that …
My Comments: If you are unsure what is meant by the headline above, you are not alone. However, a reading of the comments that appeared in the Financial Times tends to reinforce in my mind the discomfort all of us should feel about the US Government agency known as NSA or the National Security Agency …
Continue reading Washington’s Hawks Have Usurped the Huntsmen
My Comments: There are those in the financial services industry that do not have to be accountable for what they say and do with respect to clients and their best interest. They claim to, but if push comes to shove, it’s buyer beware. Of course, with today’s instant media, if you are on the wrong …
Continue reading ‘Trust me, I am a financial adviser’ is Not Good Enough
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