Yes, when you ask yourself the question “Will I outlive my money?” it’s true, it doesn’t exactly elicit a warm and fuzzy feeling. Sweaty palms is more like it. But it’s a question we all wonder about, especially after booking Business Class to Paris. Sorry kids! In my first conversation with prospective clients, I can […]
Buchanan: Containing Russia and China Unsustainable
According to Pat Buchanan, writing at The American Conservative, America has squandered its Cold War win by failing to back off its aggressive stance towards Russia, and further by assuming the same stance towards China. The seeming goal of American foreign policy today, containing Russia and China, is unsustainable Pat says, and with deficits approaching […]
Voter Migration and What it Means to Your Family
With November approaching fast, it would pay to reread this piece I wrote on June 5, 2018 highlighting some knowledge shared by Joel Kotkin and Wendell Cox on voter migration. Who needs to redraw state lines when states can be gutted from the inside out? That’s exactly what’s happening across the country to blue states […]
Your Retirement Life: How to Discover Your Small Town
With the foliage about to change colors, Fall is the best time to visit the small towns of New England. Read this post I wrote on September 23, 2016 about how to discover your small town. You’re about to read the second installment of my brand new series, Your Retirement Life. We are in this together, […]
Top 10 Ski Resorts 2018: Kill Two Birds with One…Pass
If you’re a skier, it’s never too early to think about snow. One of my favorite websites to peruse is ZRankings, which ranks the best ski resorts in North America. Its creator is Chris Steiner, a regular contributor to Forbes magazine, and a skier who clearly likes to SKI. Check out his Top 10 list […]
Your Survival Guy’s Tip of the Day: Calling 911
I was reminded this morning about my experience calling 911 from a cell phone. The operator didn’t know my location. This can be a huge problem for obvious reasons because it’s hard to think clearly in times of trouble. The issue stems from the fact that emergency call centers can’t pinpoint the location of cellphone […]
Do ETFs Belong in Your Portfolio?
My quick answer is no. Because everywhere I turn there’s yet another ETF being formed and an article espousing their benefits. And with Wall Street firms plastering their names on all sorts of ETFs, the landscape has become littered with products that would feel more at home on the Vegas Strip. Investors be warned: Passive […]
Blue-Wave in November? Maybe Not
That blue-wave so many on the left expect to come crashing down on Republicans in November may never reach shore. On a recent trip home to attend a wedding in Ohio, The American Conservative’s Peter Van Buren writes: That slack-jawed yokel look on my face is because I just came back from a wedding and […]
When Governments Compete, Citizens Win
One of the less touted but possibly most significant outcomes of the Trump tax reform was forcing states into greater competition over taxation. States with already high taxes had the sheet pulled off their ugly policies. The tax reform bill stripped those high taxing states of the federal deductions that had masked their inefficient policies. […]
Get to Work: It’s a Dirty Job Being We the People
You may know the name Mike Rowe from his apprentice work on his television show “Dirty Jobs” or his witty, on the money guest appearances, on The Tucker Carlson Show. Mike Rowe is a busy guy. His foundation, the Mike Rowe Works Foundation is “a public charity that rewards people with a passion to get […]
Natural Gas Explosions Last Week
Natural gas explosions turned Merrimack Valley, north of Boston, into a war zone last week. “It is still unclear what triggered the blasts and flames. The National Transportation Safety Board on Sunday said gas was flowing into pipes at much higher rates than normal, but why that happened is unclear. NTSB investigators did find on […]
My Personal View on Fidelity Investments for You
Ned Johnson was CEO back in the mid-90’s when I worked at Fidelity Investments. Today the CEO is his daughter Abby. What hasn’t changed at Fidelity is its commitment to invest in technology to help give it an edge. John Tlumacki writes for the Boston Globe: Johnson said that when her father, Ned Johnson, launched […]