Upcoming College Courses

Posted on January 11, 2007

Basic Investing for Retirement Begins Feb 8th at Yavapai College. (Tuition $45) Four 2-hour classes designed for investors who want to become more confident about their financial decisions. Call 928-778-4000 or click the link below for details. http://mcsv.net/cgi-bin/redir?MCid=JSwmHQsMsaITsbJYF0a0 Socially Conscious Investing Feb 7th. A 2-hour class offered through YC’s OLLI program. ($20 OLLI members, $55 non-members) Using social screens for your investments can enable you to

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Local Group to be in the Tournament of Roses Parade

Posted on December 27, 2006

Best Wishes for A Happy New Year to All! We have had some feedback that, while the Financial Market Review is just fascinating, some people find that a weekly email is just too much. So, we are going to change our schedule to twice a month. I will send extra emails when there is important information that you need on a timely basis. Local

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Long Term Care

Posted on December 20, 2006

Do We HAVE to discuss this? Long term care, perhaps in a nursing home, is something we all would rather not think about too much. But is that wise? With the average cost of nursing home care approaching $75,000 per year, and round-the-clock home care exceeding that, these costs represent a major risk to many of us. There are two classes of folks who don’t need

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How Taxes Work

Posted on November 22, 2006

With the recent change of control in Congress, the campaign rhetoric of un-doing the tax cuts enacted the past few days is bother me. People who want this don’t realize that those same tax cuts raised us out of the 2001 recession and have created record numbers of jobs. They also may not understand how the tax system really works, so I thought I’d dust off

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The Math of Losing

Posted on August 17, 2006

It has been said that the three most important rules of investing are: Don’t lose your money! Don’t lose your money! Don’t lose your money! The reason this is so important can be seen in the math of losing:

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