The Power of Seeing a Half Full Glass
There is a famous statement that an optimist will see a glass half that is full, while a pessimist will see a glass that is half empty. The basis behind these distinctions is that people who possess a...
View ArticleLiving with an Irresponsible Government
In the midst of the constant headlines concerning government ‘bailout’ initiatives that have resulted from a credit crisis in the financial sector, one must stop to wonder whether the government is...
View ArticleA Tale of Two Futures
In his famous novel “A Tale of Two Cities,” Charles Dickens wrote: “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times; it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness; it was the epoch of...
View ArticleJust Enough, But Not Too Much
One of the curiosities of the human condition is that we have a difficult time with moderation. Most of us know what moderation is, frequently extol its virtues, and are notoriously bad at placing the...
View ArticleThe Financial Overweight Smoker
Many overweight smokers know what they need to do in order to become healthy, but do not do it. Most people that are smokers don’t suffer from a lack of knowledge that smoking is bad for them. Most...
View ArticleToeing the Line with Inflation
Those who are familiar with the work of thinkers like Milton Friedman know that inflation is actually a second form of taxation that is caused by government action, and acts by eroding the purchasing...
View ArticleThree Financial Fallacies and What they Mean to You
Most people have received a wide variety of financial advice over the years. There is a particular brand of advice, supposedly dispensed by a semi-fictitious secondary parental character that has...
View ArticleThree Steps to Affluence
One of the topics that most people are highly interested in is the prospect of becoming affluent. It is not uncommon at all for people to express a strong desire to become wealthy. However, the...
View ArticleThe Great Magnifying Glass
With recent news overwhelmed by the financial difficulties of US state and national budget deficits, along with the continued financial difficulties in Europe there is a renewed focus on the impact of...
View ArticleGiving Yourself a Pay Raise
If you ask most people whether they would like to earn a pay raise, they would answer yes. If you ask them whether their boss is likely to give them a pay raise, they would most likely answer no....
View ArticleGet Ready for a Drop in Stocks
An article from Wells Fargo Equity is calling out the recent FOMC decision to reduce the Federal Reserve bond buying program from $75B per month to $65B per month as a bearish signal for stocks. Wells...
View ArticleRecord Margin Debt in the Stock Market
A recent article published through Seeking Alpha outlined the latest report of total margin debt on the New York Stock Exchange. In the month of December, this amount of margin debt reached approx....
View ArticleBond Basics
To many people, bonds are the ugly step-child of the financial markets, with nowhere near the interest or appeal of the equity or commodity markets. It is certainly true that equity markets have...
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