“Sell crazy someplace else. We’re all stocked up here.” (Jack Nicholson in the movie “As Good as It Gets”). I decided to watch a recording of the recent presidential debate. It got crazy! Especially when two very grown men, vying for leadership of the most powerful...
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Stage your own ‘Operation Christmas Clean-up’ to prepare financially for 2024
Last week, we began decorating our home for the holidays. As we retrieved and unpacked boxes of ornaments and garland and lights, we began to explore everything else that was in storage. The project morphed into a year-end house cleaning. “Operation Christmas...
For Some, Bonds are Like a Horror Movie
This year feels like watching a horror movie in the bond market. Van Helsing (the Federal Reserve) is combating Dracula (inflation), trying to put a stake (interest rate increases) through the cash-flow sucker’s heart. Only eight months into these aggressive rate...
Investors have questions about inflation, the possibility of a recession
What is on the mind of investors this month? Mostly concern. There is much negative chatter about inflation, recession and a double-dip bear market. Here are some of the frequent investor questions that I am hearing: ∎ “Is the bear market over?” Probably not. While...
Sunday Money: Inflation
Iiiiittt’ssss baaack. We are talking inflation today on Sunday Money-- U.S. consumer prices recorded their largest increase in 11 months in December 2017 bolstering expectations that inflation will accelerate this year. WHAT IS BEHIND THE RECENT UPTICK IN INFLATION...
Invest to Combat Inflation
Why do we invest? Why do we rack our brains over where to invest or when to invest? For one thing, we are trying to build wealth and financial independence but we are also trying to protect our standard of living. What is a dollar worth? As we know, the cost of...