Dan Nestlerode
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Subsidies and Tuition
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What is interesting is that we seem to take the opinions of actors, politicians and sports figures with more credibility that they deserve. With that thought in mind, let me wade into the issue of the high price of college tuition.
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Whatever Happened to Peak Oil (Energy)?
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Not so many years ago, the notion that we were running out of oil and natural gas was all the rage. Fast forward to 2015 and you cannot find a commentator or author who is putting forth the notion of peak energy.
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Seeking a New Understanding
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If history is a guide for the coming months, stock prices should decline in September and sometimes for a few weeks in October and then rise in the last two weeks of October through the end of the year.
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What’s Your Sell Strategy?
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If you are an investor you are also a portfolio manager. This is no different from owning anything else. If you bought it, you must tend to it until you ultimately sell it. This is true of your investments but also your home, other properties, cars and all the stuff that you own.
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Mounting Debt Overseas and What It Means to You
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Officials in Greece continue to kick the can down the road, hoping someone will come and save them from their own stupidity. Despite staving off default on July 1st, Puerto Rico still has too much debt that it cannot repay. So what is an investor to do?
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Trendless Churn, Time to Learn
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Followers of the price gyrations of the various stock market averages often refer to a notion that investors should “sell in May and go away” until October or November. The market seems to lack a strong upward bias in the warmer months of the year.
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Why So Much Dissension?
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Either I thrive or you thrive, but not both of us together. If I get richer, you must get poorer. If I win, you lose. Either radical Islam wins or the decadent Western point of view wins. Either the religious right is appeased or the Human Rights Campaign lobby wins.
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Riding the Wave, Avoiding a Wipeout
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Diversification may not provide much safety in a major market downturn as all asset classes tend to decline together. The situation is so dire that the fear of running out of money in retirement trumps all other fears for many Americans. So what is an investor to do as the stock market surges ahead?
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KISS and Consolidate
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In life, things get lost – computers drop addresses, the post office returns mail and people move. In retirement your responsibility is to make your life simpler and dispose of the baggage you accumulated during your working career.
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The Gathering Clouds of War, Redux
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In the USA we continue to shrink our military, cutting the budget as the world gets more dangerous. Whether you like it or not, the United States is the cop on the global stage that keeps the world peaceful.