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As I was reading The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, a Kuwaiti billionaire was turning livid. Bassam Alghanim discovered that brother Kutayba had paid to have his computer hacked and all the details of his private life – emails, financial … Continue reading
“… So goes the year” is one of those old “Wall Street wisdom” sound bites. The theory is that when January culminates in good stock market performance, so will the entire year. In fact, about 86% of the time since … Continue reading
As is typical of our calendar-driven society, the new year lends an aura of hope for what is to come. The stock market rarely escapes the effects of this optimism, and this year was no different as the Dow surged … Continue reading
Ok, I am officially tired of writing about Europe, so I thought I’d tackle the most-oft question in my thirty years of managing money: should I pay off my house? We tell clients there are two aspects to paying off … Continue reading
The Dow sank almost 200 points today on news that the European Central Bank was not going to play along and buy bankrupt countries’ bonds. This, despite good news in the US on the employment front, where initial jobless claims … Continue reading