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Sep 21

Be True to Your Investment Style

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21 September 2009 / 7:04 pm
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Well, we can learn from our previous trades if we look at them objectively. Some Financial firms will tell you that you cannot time the market and some firms will tell you that you can. When is it right? When you have gains! When is it wrong? When you have [...]

Aug 24

“The Simple Life”

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24 August 2009 / 1:53 pm
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Sometimes we need to reach back to economic times forgotten. Yea I know some history is not good, however we are talking about money, right? I’m not going to provide you with an academic parallelism between this “depression” and the “Great Depression” however I would like you to think about that area. [...]

Aug 05

How to Help Aging Parents with Financial Decisions

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05 August 2009 / 11:17 am
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The baby boomers are retiring in big numbers and more of us in the sandwich generation will have to step-up and help our aging parents. It is estimated that 5 million senior citizens a year are targets of financial scams. Why, because that is where the money is. Baby boomers are retiring with large pension [...]

Jul 30

A Cover Letter, is it Really Necessary?

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30 July 2009 / 12:05 pm
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In the job market? What do you really need to know about sending your resume? After spending countless hours getting your resume prepared with excellent content and no spelling or grammatical errors, the last thing you want to think about is a cover letter, right? Wrong!
The cover letter is and can be just as important [...]

Jul 27

Picking up the Pieces of Your Portfolio

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27 July 2009 / 9:23 pm
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Decisions, decisions, decisions I estimate that we make some where between 50-100 decisions per day. Most of the decisions that we make are small ones, others require some thought. When we try to make a decision that require thought we try to make it carefully. We may enlist the help [...]

Jul 20

Financial Health

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20 July 2009 / 11:51 am
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It is an honor to be able to contribute my thoughts on Tracy Davidson’s blog. Tracy is the kind of person whose work I’ve always admired and who I’ve always wanted to work with. She is exceptionally professional, insightful and disciplined, knowing that about Tracy, makes me feel honored to be a [...]

Jul 15

Job Seekers: Not Getting the Callback/Interview

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15 July 2009 / 11:11 am
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Today’s economic climate has had a huge impact on many people’s job search often leaving them with frustration and little results. With fewer jobs available and stiffer competition, many people asking the question… WHY? Why have I not received an interview or even a call back? I don’t get it… I can do the job!
Evaluating [...]