My Comments: I want 45 to be successful. It’s not in my best interest as a citizen of these United States to have a duly elected official fail. But the odds of that happening are increasingly likely. By Gloria Borger, CNN Chief Political Analyst \ Wed May 3, 2017 It's been 11 weeks since Gen. …
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Retirement Paths to Follow
My Comments: Which of the six paths described by Nancy Schlossberg in the following article will you follow? Personally, my thoughts are that whichever one seems right for you, it’s helpful to remember the three phases of retirement that I describe. These are the Go-Go years, the Slow-Go years and the No-Go years. Assuming you …
The Keys to American Growth
My Comments: Demographics is an economic force to understand. Without people, growth and prosperity will diminish. Neither children nor the elderly can be counted on to work the fields and build houses. That leaves people in the middle and unless we grow them at home, we have to import them from somewhere else. That means …
Make Social Security Great Again
My Comments: Short and sweet. Sean Williams / Jan 29, 2017 For more than 75 years the Social Security program has protected the financial well-being of our nation's retired workforce. Today, more than 41 million retired workers are receiving monthly benefit checks from Social Security, a majority of whom need that income to meet their …
Saving for Retirement
My Comments: It’s a truism in our society that having more money rather than less money is a good thing. And retirement, by definition, is a time in your life when earning money to pay bills and enjoy life is not in the cards. That being said, if you expect or need to transition to …
Cheap Electricity and Food
My Comments: Over the next 25 years, the US will resume it’s role as THE major global economic influence. You can argue it will happen as a result of bringing coal mining jobs back to Appalachia or because there will be a wall built along our Mexican border, one built by Mexico with help from …
The 7 Elements of a Successful Retirement
My Comments: Just 7? No, there are lots more, but you have to start somewhere. The first element reflects my personal approach to this. There has to be a real understanding of the difference between strategies and tactics. There’s a reason that seems militaristic because it is. I’ve just borrowed it to use in financial …
Donald Trump’s Big Problem
My Comments: To my Trump supporting friends, this is not a rant against our president. Governments work, or don't work, on vastly different rule sets than does private enterprise. Government is a public enterprise and the outcomes by their very nature will be markedly different. His skills as a businessman don't necessarily translate effectively to …
Social Security Is Failing Because the Program Is Antiquated
My Comments: This is far and away the most coherent overview I’ve read that addresses the problems faced by Social Security going forward. Now we have to convince the politicians that it’s in everyone’s best interest to take remedial action. Sean Williams \ Apr 8, 2017 \ https://tinyurl.com/y8qnxfny The data doesn't lie: a majority of …
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Stock Pickers vs Indexers
My Comments: Which approach is best for you? Not for me, but for YOU? For the past dozen years or more, my efforts on behalf of clients to use historically good fund managers has largely failed. And not just because of what happened in 2008-09. Yes, I still made my money as an advisor. But …
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