My Comment: Apart from apparently boundless resources, this country’s greatness can be attributed in part to the immigrants who came here looking for a better life than the one they left behind. Millions of immigrants, including me, built our lives in this country. Given the opportunity, I like to return to where I was born, …
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My Comments: Most of you have by now figured out that I’m likely to vote for Obama in the upcoming election. Not that I’m opposed to rich people, it’s just that there are some rich people who are completely tone deaf when it comes to opportunities for those who are not rich. I’m one of …
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My Comments: The source of this headline is a free weekly investment newsletter called Cognitive Concord. I don’t know what that means exactly and am unsure how the author came to be called what he claims to be his name. But the ideas are good ideas and well articulated. And since I don’t have the …
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Mutual Fund and ETF Assets Decline in May My Comments: Frankly, I have really no idea what this means. But in the interest of transparency, and in my professional capacity as a “know-it-all” financial advisor, I thought I’d throw this out there and see if anyone is actually interested and/or reading this stuff. By Warren …
My Comments: They say money is at the root of all evil, and they may be right, but it’s also at the root of how most of us live our lives, and like it or not, in our society, having more money is considered better than having less money. As a result, I’ve made a …
Nontraditional investments could grow to 10%-15% of mutual funds in 10 years, according to Cerulli My Comment: For at least 18 months, I’ve been including a program featuring “alternative investments” in my client portfolios. The logic behind this is/was to build portfolios that are less likely to tumble when interest rates finally start an upward …
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China, India, and Brazil are all slowing down simultaneously... My Comments: None of us has any idea how our investments are going to play out over the next six months, much less what’s going to happen five years from now. Indeed, if you’ve spent any time with me, you’ve heard me say that I have …
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