My Thoughts on This: I'm not sure this is quite accurate. I'm not sure if anyone has a definitive deficit reduction plan. Clearly, no one in Washington seems particularly upset by the idea that there are going to be across the board cuts in the next several days that are going to impact the country. …
Continue reading Obama Has a Deficit Reduction Plan and Republicans Don’t
My Comments: While this was written a few weeks ago, the underlying theme is entirely valid today. There is little chance that interest rates are going to see any significant increase over the next 24 months. The Fed has said they are not going to mess with them for perhaps two more years. There is …
My Thoughts on This: You've read my thoughts already about how ObamaCare, for better or worse, is going to change the health care delivery landscape in this country over the next decade. I've made the point that ten years from now you may not recognize the elements that were in the original legislation. That's because …
Medical malpractice insurance is not a topic that comes readily to mind when you are having a casual conversation with someone. It’s out there in never-never land unless you are a physician, in which case it has more than a little relevance. Twenty years ago, it made the news almost weekly, when there was a …
My Comments: All of this reinforces my advice as a financial advisor for my clients to use the programs from Purcell Advisory Services. Yes, this is a commercial, but if you have money to invest, and are not happy with where it is or the folks allegedly looking after it, click on this maze image …
Continue reading Panel: No Need To Sweat The End Of 30-Year Bond Rally
My Comments: This is one of the reasons why so many people expect the markets, especially the stock market, to do well in 2013. One of the uses for all this cash is to buy back stock, which in turn reduces the supply, and if you know a little bit about economics, if you reduce …
Continue reading Corporations Are Sitting on More Cash Because There’s More Cash To Sit On
My Comments: An attempt here to start the week with a more positive spin on what many of us see as the world in chaos. Yes, I’m supposed to see the world through the eyes of an investment specialist, and mostly, I do. But the role played by the US, and by extension, each one …
Continue reading Trans-Atlantic Ties Still Key to Renewing U.S. Global Leadership
My Comments: Most of you know that I am a center left Democrat. And I want the Republican Party to become relevant in American politics. That’s what going to keep the Democrats from moving too far to the left. Which is where they will go if there isn’t a legitimate, electable force coming from the …
By Paula Aven Gladych A bill scheduled for consideration today in the Government Operations Subcommittee of the Florida House of Representatives would weaken a healthy retirement system, raise taxpayer costs and force more Floridians to rely on social services, according to opponents of the measure. The bill would close the Florida Retirement System defined benefit …
Continue reading Coalition Fights Florida Retirement System Changes
My Comments: Some of you are aware of my efforts to bring a new idea about medical malpractice insurance to those physicians who own their own practice. Essentially, its a financial strategy that causes 50% of the premiums to return when there are few or no claims made in any given year. Clearly, not all …
Continue reading New Survey Validates That US Physicians are Ailing
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