My Comments: For many years, more than I care to remember, I searched for wisdom from among the many magazines and more recently, the many emails that cross my desk on a daily basis. How and what was going to happen and how could I help my clients benefit from the insights that surely came …
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Checking In On The 1929 Stock Market Parallel
My Comments: The other day, on February 17th, I had a post that explained how today is NOT 1929 all over again. If you found that story, and this chart interesting, then here is a follow up. Hopefully, it will help you navigate the waters as they are flowing today in 2014. Chris Ciovacco, Ciovacco …
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The American Public’s Indifference to Foreign Affairs
My Comments: I am almost always amused by those who shout “Take Back America!”. But it’s not really amusing, is it? Take it back to when? Take it back from whom? Before women had the right to vote? When the average life expectancy was about age 50? Many of us, who today are over 60 …
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Retirement Planning for the Very Long-term
My Comments: You have perhaps heard the expression that “... it’s like watching grass grow.” Or perhaps “... it’s like watching paint dry.” I use it when something I’m supposed to be paying attention to is progressing slooooooowly. It comes to mind in the constext of this article which has demographic overtones. Personally, I’m on …
7-Footers In A Sea Of Pygmies
My Comments: Yesterday, I talked about amateurs and professionals when it comes to investing money. About how emotions get in the way at crucial times, often promoted by people who rarely have any reason to say what is in YOUR best interest, only what is in THEIR best interest. If they can persuade you to …
About That ‘Scary’ 1929 Graph
My Comments: So, is it 1929 all over again? Is the world as we know it coming to an end? We're doomed, I tell you, DOOMED!. Well, maybe not. As a financial planner and investment advisor, I try to have something posted about investments at least once a week. I’m not sure if I’m successful, …
3.3 Million Enrolled in PPACA Plans
My Comments: When the PPACA rolled out, most of us in the insurance business, especially those of us with a background in health insurance, knew that it was flawed. We knew that some of it was put together in a hurry under political pressure. While it addressed major problems in the unsustainable status quo, revisions …
Is A Welcome Surprise Coming For Mortgage Rates?
My Comments: There are millions of us who worry almost every day about the state of our finances. And most of us have few clues how to react when we read or hear stuff that seems to be alarming. The default state for us, therefore, and especially with what happened in 2008-09 so close to …
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Why IS The Fed Tapering?
My Comments: Tapering is the term used to describe efforts by the Federal Reserve to slow down the monthly purchase of bonds. They have made these purchases for many months to help prop up the economy and keep interest rates low. It’s an important question for you if you have money in the markets because …
Why North American Oil Prices Are Set For A Big Drop
My Comments: The price of gasoline in this country has a huge influence on whether the economy grows or shrinks. (It is NEVER static.) We’ve all heard that with access to incredible reserves of natural gas, we as a nation are going to become a net exporter of fuel over the next decade or so. …
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