mark to market

  There was an excellent question in the “comments” section that I wanted to bring out to the front page area. I responded to the question posed in the comments section, but for clarity wanted to put it in the main section of the blog, too. From an...

a little gloating

Today’s post is necessarily short because I am currently onboard a motor home in Palm Springs as we move down East Palm Canyon Drive. Yes, I am on the road with my gorgeous, wonderful wife, Dawn. However, lest you think that I am not paying attention, I saw the...

staying in touch

Hello everyone! Thanks for the positive feedback via e-mail – keep it coming. Also, please feel free to post comments to my posts. This blog is no soapbox – I am interested in dialogue. Monologue doesn’t serve any of us. Also, if you would like to be...

advice I learned the very hard way

The markets are clearly crashing. The overwhelming preponderance of folks want out of the stock market. Fear reigns supreme. What can we do about this? Each of my previous posts has been a lead up to this post where I hope to provide each of you out there with...

a simple analogy

Let me share with you an analogy that I think illuminates what is going on in the economy right now. If the economy is a body, then money is the blood circulating through that body, and financial institutions are the heart pumping the blood through the body. Right now...