I’ve been asked to clarify a few things and this will serve as a good 2008 review/2009 best-guess estimate. Remember: these are only best-guesses. Nobody could predict Madoff with any certainty so there are always wildcards out there. These events [...]
December 29, 2008
Freedom by Friday
What You Want to Hear For years, the government, Wall St. and the media all told you what you wanted to hear: that stocks, real estate and prosperity would continue up forever. For some- the informed few- they were right. [...]
December 22, 2008
Freedom by Friday
You make decisions that will affect your life, sometimes in a profound way, based on the information you receive and perhaps even more so, based on what ‘feels right’. If you make the right choices, you get rich. Make the [...]
December 15, 2008
Freedom by Friday
Back in the day, I was a professional pilot. Before GPS, we would navigate from one radio beacon to the next. A little needle would point us in the right direction to get to a beacon. Once we flew over [...]
December 8, 2008
Freedom by Friday
Some time back I imagine, a certain ‘financial expert’ said these words to you: “Invest for the long term in a diversified portfolio with the most beneficial tax breaks.” Sound familiar? Hmmm. How good do you think that advice was [...]
December 1, 2008
Freedom by Friday