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By Scott Burns
Suppose we stopped pretending the corpse is breathing.
Suppose we laughed at our leaders for suggesting the U.S. banking system is alive and recovering?
Suppose we recognized that putting makeup on a corpse doesn’t bring it back to life?
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Q. I am 67 years old. I will be retiring in three months after working at the same company for over 40 years. I have the option of taking my pension as a lump sum payment or annual payments for life. I prefer the annual payments, but there is this nagging concern about what happens if my retirement plan is terminated for whatever reason. I know that the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. was created to ... More…
Many now call the last 10 years a “Lost Decade.” The immediate reference is to 10 years of going nowhere, or worse, in the stock market.
Fortunately, the stock market isn’t a good barometer of wealth for most people. That reality led me to wonder: Is it possible the decade wasn’t so bad? Maybe the pain was just being felt by the truly wealthy? ... More…
Q. I am about to receive a $100,000 bonus for work I did several years ago. I need help deciding what to do with the money. I am 31 years old, single, female and a lawyer. My salary is $70,000. I usually get about a $12,000 bonus. I have a private student loan in the amount of $76,000 with a variable rate currently at 4.2 percent. I also have a $10,500 variable rate private loan currently at 6.7 percent. ... More…
When it comes to change, we’re all a tad on the slow side. We’re a bit slow as individuals. We’re a bit slow collectively as well. Things change, but we don’t.
I’m not saying this to add yet another bruise to the body politic.
By Kennon Grose
“I don’t trust the so-called financial experts anymore. I am just leaving things alone. When I claw back some of my money, I am out of there.” This comment tells us a lot about how people are feeling. First, they have realized that no one cares as much about their money as they do. Second, they are applying the homily “Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.” Millions of people have now learned enough to know the difference between quality advice and a quality sales pitch.
I would like to offer my personal thanks to those of you who have become AssetBuilder clients during the past year. We reached our second anniversary at the end of May, and we continue to grow. Even during these tough economic times. Thanks to you and your referrals, we have attracted more than 500 clients across 34 states, representing $173 million in invested assets.
You got the call in the morning. By noon everyone in your unit had been laid off, including you. After years of good work, you are suddenly unemployed.
What do you do?
The first Capital Gains article was about the term FUD – for Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt. However, the new term of the day is Fearmongering. Fearmongering is the use of fear to influence the opinions and actions of others towards some specific end. Often times the feared object or subject is exaggerated and the pattern is repetitious. The outcome often times becomes a vicious cycle.
I would like to offer my personal thanks to those of you who have become AssetBuilder clients during the past year. We reached our first anniversary at the end of May, and our growth has been nothing short of phenomenal. Thanks to you and your referrals, we have attracted more than 300 clients across 24 states, representing $124 million in invested assets. We are currently adding more than one new client every day.
What’s our secret? YOU, of course.
If you’re like most AssetBuilder clients, you came to us because you were tired of doing business with Wall Street brokers, their high-risk stock pickers and overpriced middlemen. You told us you wanted a simpler way to invest – an alternative. And we listened. ... More…