Hi Everyone,
Have any of you invested in commodities just to get burned? In the past, I never invested into commodities or currencies, because it was for my taste too difficult or too costly. Now there are many ETF’s out there that do just that.
These ETF’s are available in both long or short, i.e. that the [...]

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Hi everyone,
There has been some rhetoric about capital gain taxes and the need to increase to increase it. Let me make a few points here:
* Capital gain taxes is not paid by just the wealthy, but by just about everyone except the lowest quarter of the income segment of the tax paying population.
* No matter [...]

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Hi Everyone,
The last couple of times I wrote about the market conditions were in the middle of March and in early January. I thought I look back and see what would have happened if you took the plunge back then and invested in a diversified portfolio. I mentioned in both posts that some of the [...]

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Hi Everyone,
I don’t have many clients that have large amounts of debt beside their mortgage. Nevertheless, I do come across the question whether or not one should pay off credit card debt first prior to starting a savings plan.
I believe that getting into the habit of saving is very important, and the dollar amount saved [...]

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Hello Everyone,
A discussion that I have with all of my clients that have minor children is saving for college. Although there is not an one fit it all solution, I would like to make a few points here that can be used as a guide:

I don’t think it is a good idea to sacrifice your [...]

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