My Comments: As most of you know, my income is derived largely from helping folks manage their money, making sure it's in a safe place and growing. It requires a constant awareness of the forces that are working for or against you. The last few months have appeared to be strong for the stock market; …
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Away With Jerry Cans! Oil Bubble is Bursting!
My Comment: I don’t enjoy paying $4.00 for a gallon of gas for my car. While I know it’s cheap compared to the price others pay around the world, I simply don’t like it. But I have to get from here to there, just like everyone else, so I grumble and moan (my wife says …
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ObamaCare Collapse Would Put Employers in Charge
My Comment: I don’t want to see ObamaCare struck down. Yes, there are elements that need to change, ideas and components that perhaps should not be there. But to throw out the whole idea because there are elements that have developed unintended consequences is foolish. There is a parallel here between an assertion that since …
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Housing Policy is Holding Back America’s Recovery
By Edward Luce and the Financial Times My Comment: We've known all along that housing is a major component of our domestic economy. It's disturging to realize that much more could and should have been done to remedy the mess we are in. But we are in a mess and it's going to take time …
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How Long Will I Live and How Much Money Will I Need?
Buckets vs. Systematic Withdrawals By Mary Beth Franklin My Comment: These are two questions that create confusion among retired and almost retired clients. Actually, in almost 40 years, no one has asked me these specific questions, but they exist all the same, and the answers are hard, if not impossible, to answer. Retirement in my …
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Malpractice Insurance – The Financial Black Hole
By Tony Kendzior, CLU, ChFC Medical malpractice insurance is seen as a necessary cost for any physician in private practice. It’s almost invisible, a monthly or annual outlay that no one pays much attention to until there is an issue to deal with or perhaps a premium increase. Over the course of a 25 year …
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Hubris Drives Mistrust in U.S.- China Relations
My Comment: Unfortunately, I’m old enough to remember when Henry Kissinger was our Secretary of State. ( Or perhaps fortunately, since I read the obit column closely these days. ) In either case, he’ll go down in history as a major player in 20th century American history. The author below is referencing comments from Mr. …
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Just Keep Working: the New Retirement Strategy
The number of labor force participants over age 65 has increased about 22 percent in the past three years. My Comment: I have to confess to a “Duh” moment when I saw this headline. My plans for retirement went out the window starting sometime in 2008. Not that I had any real plans to start …
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SSI Is Not Social Security
My Comment: There is increased attention being paid to the myths and truths about Social Security these days, in part because the media and politicians delight in creating confusion, and in part because the baby boomers are now reaching full retirement age and asking real questions. Just last evening, at the meeting of the Gainesville …
Just Keep Working: the New Retirement Strategy
The number of labor force participants over age 65 has increased about 22 percent in the past three years. My comment: This article appeared in the November 28, 2011 issue of InvestmentNews. To confirm the findings, look no further than the image of me on the right. While I can accept the survey findings that …
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