By Kevin Judge | February 5, 2019 In a NY Times op-ed today, Senators Charles Schumer and Bernie Sanders came out with a brilliant idea. They propose that we should limit, by law, stock buy backs to socially responsible companies that meet government specified wage and benefit requirements! Stock buy backs are when a public… Read More »
By Jordan Schoenfeld| January 18,2019 The creation of the index fund in 1975 revolutionized investing, lowering costs for millions of ordinary investors. Their inventor John Bogle died on Jan. 16 at the age of 89. Bogle took a complex universe of thousands of stocks and reduced it to a simple, singular entity, the index fund. Through… Read More »
By Richard Brody | January 14, 2019 Many people appear, to automatically, believe, people, who rent a place to live, aren’t able to afford, to buy a home. However, many individuals, don’t want to own a house (prefer to rent), for a variety of other reasons. This may be, because they are uncertain of how long, they will… Read More »
By Wayne Elsey | January 2, 2019 A few days ago I read a post about a small community nonprofit organization that was seeking advice on how to get funding. Creating a nonprofit is tough, and figuring out where to find the money needed to operate it can be a challenge. New charities rarely have any ability to… Read More »
Tweet power. nopporn Costas Milas, Theodore Panagiotidis and Theologos Dergiades | December 5, 2018 Can a single tweet make a country’s currency depreciate by 16%? Apparently it did on August 10, when Donald Trump tweeted that US tariffs on Turkish steel and aluminium would rise sharply. Amid 36,100 retweets, and calls by Turkish President Recep… Read More »
(NewsUSA) – November 12, 2018 You may be happy with your honey, but the happiest of couples can argue over money. Financial issues are one of the most cited causes of conflicts in a marriage, and financial problems, including debt and disagreement about money management, are among the top issues in divorce as well. Merging your… Read More »
By David G Komatz | October 04, 2018 Many people face major problems if they have unpaid medical expenses. These expenses can become a threat to your home, savings or income. Without any medical insurance an extended stay at a hospital can become a financial burden amounting to tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of dollars. If a… Read More »
By Richard Brody | October 04, 2018 Nearly every organization, uses some sort of budget, in their planning, and strategic phases of operating, and proceeding forward, into the future. However, after more than four decades of personal involvement, in nearly every aspect of leadership, especially planning, from identifying, qualifying, training, developing, and consulting to thousands of actual, as well… Read More »
By Joe DelCasino | 2018 When I heard the news yesterday, I nearly fell off my chair, not because it’s a bad idea, but the timing in my humble opinion could not be worse. The Treasury Secretary is studying the ramifications of reducing capital gains taxes on investments like stocks, bonds and real estate, by… Read More »
By Richard Brody | September 25, 2018 A core component of the so – called, American Dream, has, for ages, been owning a home of one’s own. While it’s nice to dream, unless someone is ready, prepared, and properly positioned, financially, and in terms of attitude, for home ownership, however, there is a potential risk,… Read More »