The Great Tug of War: Inflation?

Posted on December 23, 2005

The Great Tug of War Since interest rates began to rise in February, everyone, at least everyone who follows the markets, thinks that inflation is the next big thing. It may be. But, hey, I’m a contrarian. When I notice “everyone” doing the same thing it makes me think that something else is likely to happen. Last month I wrote about both deflation and inflation, and

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Don’t Get Railroaded by Wall Street

Posted on December 22, 2005

Don’t Get Railroaded by Wall Street Stock market investing isn’t always as easy as it seemed in the 1990s. Over 200 years of stock market history shows us that there have been seven generation-long bear markets that averaged 14 years in length, during which times money in the stock market generally lost purchasing power. Buy-and-Hold investors often suffer huge losses during these periods, yet traditional financial

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Which Investments are Best for Your IRA?

Posted on August 15, 2005

August 2005 Which Investments are Best for Your IRA? The latest tax law change has reduced the long-term capital gains tax and the tax on qualifying dividends to 15%. However, interest income, nonqualified dividends, and short-term capital gains will still be considered ordinary income and therefore taxed as high as 35%. In light of these changes, you may want to reevaluate which of your investments should

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What Does It Take?

Posted on June 10, 2003

What Does It Take? Occasionally clients ask, how do I ever I keep up with all of the constantly changing data and conditions in my business, with all its mind-blowing complexity. First of all, I like all the numbers and the changing patterns contained in them. When I was a kid the teachers would cluck at me for being able to come up with

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The Only Thing We Have to Fear

Posted on January 15, 2003

The Only Thing We Have to Fear Is Fear Itself Franklin Roosevelt said that at his first inaugural address when the country was in the depths of the great depression. That depression was deflationary, and right now, this economy has businesses fighting the problems of deflation again. Our current economy is in no where near the sad shape of the 1930’s when banks failed en-masse and

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