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  • Wall Street: Where Money Grows
    I often wonder if market reports matter when most investors are too busy and distracted to pay attention. Investors stay-tuned for the closing market averages; if the market is up, all is right with the world. If the market is down, "I'm in it for the long haul." If the market cascades unexpectedly, investors second-guess investment decisions.
  • Up One Day, Down One Day: Stock Market Trading
    Does the market mislead investors one day to sucker the same investor the following day? Or, does the stock market inform beyond immediate perception?
  • The Three- Legged Investment Stool
    For some, stock and bond prices do not matter. They will always have enough money. The rest of us better find more than one way to create cash flow.
  • The Stock Market's Red Glare
    Stock Markets soar and crash too. Stock Market traders sometimes become kids with a toy. Every day the market pumps itself up. Indices spiral upward making many giddy with kiddish delight; nobody wants this rocket to fall from its lofty heights. With little notice, the market stalls, momentum is lost, and markets crash.
  • The Green Eggs and Ham of the Consumer Price Index
    During February, our local librarian decorates her bulletin board with Dr. Seuss book titles. Many parents trip their tongues over Seuss stories like Green Eggs and Ham. "Do you like green eggs and ham?/I do not like them, Sam-I-am./I do not like green eggs and ham", nor do I like the cost based on Consumer Price Index records.
  • The Federal Reserve Bank & What Credit Costs You
    Your bank's prime rate plus a margin rate your bank charges above prime determines your credit card charges. Many consumers do not want to read the fine print of their bank's credit card agreement. Often confused by the terms, we accept the terms with gratitude because we can borrow money.
  • How To Watch a (Stock Market) Bottom
    The hostess stood to our left; My wife said, "I like those jeans." I said, "Now that's a bottom to notice." Stock market bottoms have some common technical curves...what the investor sees often distracts them from what matters.
  • Frogs, Logs, And The Stock Market
    Corporations, governments, and early citizens must face tough decisions about global warming or whimper regrets to children and grandchildren. Our choices could determine the bottom line of every portfolio, including yours.
  • "Will that be Cash or Credit?"
    From Bangkok to Edmonton, creditcard statements stuff mail and email boxes with payment deadlines. Every bill reminds the giver that gifts given freely do not come free. Giving and buying often exceed generosity and need as a brittle piece of plastic becomes an avaricious spoiler of hopes and dreams.

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