This Time is Different?

Posted on December 6, 2006

This Time Is Different… I have mentioned a looming business slowdown several times in my newsletters this year, because these things are normally very significant for the stock markets. Slowdowns– when they go far enough– become economic recessions. Signs are now everywhere that the economy is in fact… slowing down. Among numerous negatives and indications of a looming recession, the yield curve (the relationship between long

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Aging Gracefully

Posted on April 15, 2003

Thoughts on Aging Gracefully…. In time of war, it’s easy to get overly serious. As I believe that the greatest things are done with a light heart, I’m passing along the following from a stream of email jokes sent to me by friends. Eventually you will reach a point when you stop lying about your age and start bragging about it. The older we get, the

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