Monthly Archives: August 2015

The Fatal Dangers of a Fading Bull Market Run

It is too bad that mobile devices don’t set off a signal before their users do something terminally stupid.  Perhaps a warning alarm would help them change course.  Rather than texting and walking in front of a city bus, the … Continue reading

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Are You Prepared for a Slow Growth Economy?

When a motor vehicle stalls out it is often because the engine has been overloaded.  Parts and components have become worn down – or gummed up.  Fuel and electrical systems misfire or no longer fire at all. Sometimes all it … Continue reading

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Nothing Fails Like Success

Great wealth, like the seasons, is ephemeral.  One generation accumulates it.  While another burns through it.  The difference is dependent upon whether one has a short or long time horizon. Do they save some seed corn for the next grow … Continue reading

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The Twisted Tale of Consumers and Producers

“Every man is a consumer, and ought to be a producer,” observed 19th century philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson.  “He is by constitution expensive, and needs to be rich.” These days Emerson’s critical insight has been tipped up on end.  Producers … Continue reading

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