It occurred to me last week that I’ve become pretty gloomy in the posts I’ve been putting up these last few weeks. This happened in the car on my way home and I began to reflect on good things that have happened to me recently, the fact that I’ve considered myself a lucky person all …
Tag: Retirement planning
The New Rules:
Tom Barnett is a self described strategic thinker. His focus is on what is likely to happen several years down the road, whether its political, military, demographic or whatever. It's sometimes difficult for me to worry about what might happen several years away when the here and now is driving us up the wall. But …
A Crisis of Capitalism
By George Magnus, author of Uprising: Will Emerging Markets Shape or Shake the World Economy? Financial markets have had a torrid summer of breaking news about slowing global growth, fears over a new western economic contraction and the unresolved bond market and banking crisis in the eurozone. But these sources of angst have triggered turbulence …
The Pros and Cons of Paying off Your Mortgage Early
Given current economic pressures, many people are trying to erase debt from their financial picture and focus on saving and safer investments. Americans are paying down their credit cards and cautiously borrowing money. Not surprisingly, paying down the home mortgage has become an attractive option for people in a financial position to do so. However, …
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