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The Totalitarian Reign of the Airlines
Like many other things in the United States these days, the familiar has become less predictable and the veneer of civility far less true. Airlines have become, clearly, a flashing red light about a crumbling civil society and a rising... Read →
Easing Back Into CDs
My article late in 2016 on BestCashCow about avoiding CDs longer than 1 year as well as CD laddering strategies got a fair amount of feedback and stirred more than a little controversy. After all, BestCashCow is a website largely about CD... Read →
Dow 21,000, S&P 2400 and NASDAQ 6000: Seems Unsustainable
The stock market is at all time highs. It has run to extraordinary levels. Stock valuations, in the opinion of this author, are absolutely unsustainable. The S&P now trades over 18x 2018 consensus estimates. 18x future earnings... Read →
As Market Hits Extraordinary Highs, Money Managers Appear Shell Shocked
I found myself watching Consuelo Mack’s Wealthtrack show this morning. Money managers are virtually all tremendously underperforming the Dow, the S&P and the Nasdaq. The wealth managers on Mack’s program and programs... Read →
Sexist Bedfellows
Women today are under assault from Republican anti-abortion fanatics. And, women today, conversely, continue to be overly protected by divorce court judges nationwide who almost always find for the woman in custody and other matters... Read →
Fear In America
Before the election, some people worried out loud about our new President’s ability to steer with a steady hand. There were few who had the courage to speak out then, and their impact small. Today, there are even fewer. And,... Read →
Who is Managing The Store?
A couple of days ago, as North Korea was parading it’s latest missiles, Donald Trump announced that he had sent “an armada” to the Sea of Japan as a clear signal that “we are strong” and “not to be played... Read →
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Teresa May Wants to Lose on June 8
Teresa May has called for a snap election in Britain on June 8. Having already triggered Article 50 to begin the two-year period negotiating Brexit, May could easily see England through this process. Her current mandate as Prime... Read →
Chicago's Slide to Ruin
Chicago has long been known as America’s second city. Built along Lake Michigan, filled with stunning and architecturally beautiful buildings, home of renowned universities and businesses, the city has been for a long time an... Read →
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America's Fabric is Tearing
A Chinese American was brutalized and dragged off a United Airlines flight after all passengers had boarded by three airport cops in order to make room for a United employee. He was a doctor en route to his office and patients, and... Read →
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Wouldn't It Be Amazing ...
Wouldn't it be amazing if Putin plotted everything the last three days. After all, this is a man who acts viciously and maliciously worldwide with impunity. He has been knocking off his adversaries inside and outside Russia for... Read →
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Russia’s Billionaires May Demand Putin Call in his Chips
Russia’s billionaires lost trillions when Muammar Gaddafi fell in Libya. Putin failed to protect their interest, but maintained his power, and hence his own status as the wealthiest man in the world, by promising it wouldn’t... Read →
Who In His or Her Right Mind ...
When you stop and realize what a terrible job it really is, you have to think deeply about why anyone would want it. If you think for a minute about the huge weight of the office, the incessant attention to anything and everything you say,... Read →
Let Them Eat Cake
Around 1789, Marie-Antoinette, bride of France’s King Louis XVI, is believed to have said “let them eat cake,” when she was told that her French subjects had no bread to eat. Soon after, the French Revolution felled the... Read →