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Transplanted New Yorker (to South Florida) with career as advisor, principal and consultant in the investment management business for institutions and high net worth individuals on a national basis. Particular interests include real estate, private equity,

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Politics, News & Issues > US Leaders Is Obama up to the job?: 1 of 13

Barack Obama's Presidency represents the latest in a series of speculative bubbles in recent memory to challenge our way of life, like the Tech Bubble that popped at the turn of the millennium and the recent Housing Bubble, which has been belching air for the past couple of years. The "Obama Bubble" has been inflated by the ...
Politics, News & Issues > Political Issues Economic stimulus options: 2 of 16

Most TV talking heads have us believing that our short term economic recovery requires us to spend ourselves into financial oblivion. They say that curtailing runaway government spending right now would be repeating the mistake made by the Japanese government in the 1990s, which ultimately caused its economy to flat line int...
Personal Finance > Stock Market Investing in the stock market: 4 of 31

The odds are mounting against a return to DOW 14,000 anytime soon, which would be a 75% increase from where it stands today. There will be short-term bull rallies, but it seems likely that the bear that gripped the market in 2007 will hold on for many years. The conceptual if rudimentary explanation for my market pessimism, ...
Politics, News & Issues > News Industry The bias of mainstream media: 6 of 46

Technology makes the instantaneous and virtually ubiquitous observation of world events possible, but evidence of bias in the news media can make you wonder whether you can believe what you see and hear. World news is being transmitted by a global media through a prism of sometimes deliberate and sometimes inadvertent bias. ...
Politics, News & Issues > Party Politics & Ideology Should government spending be cut in half?: 1 of 7

Yes, government should shrink spending by at least half. Four key numbers—government spending, federal tax revenue, the budget deficit, and national debt –provide important and sobering insight into our current fiscal health. 2010’s raw numbers are dramatic and mind boggling to the point of distractio...
Politics, News & Issues > US Leaders Letter to Barack Obama: 1 of 7

Dear Mr. President: You must feel the weight of the entire free world on your shoulders, and I do not envy or minimize the difficulty of the mission you have before you. Notwithstanding the heroic efforts by you and your administration thus far, and with all due respect to you and your office, it seems painfully obvious that...
Personal Finance > Stock Market Investment perspectives on today's economy: 1 of 5

If you're not confused by this stock market, you're probably not paying attention. The Dow-Jones Index halved from an all time high of more than 14,000 in October 2007 to less than 6,600 in March 2009. From March until September 2009, the index increased 50% to 9,800. Many pundits now believe that a new bull market is emergi...
Politics, News & Issues > US Leaders Obama's policies defy common sense: 1 of 5

Has it occurred to you that if President Obama is right, everything you thought you knew would be wrong? Are you having trouble wrapping your mind around some of the Obama administration's falsisms about the economy, energy, healthcare, national defense/security and immigration? You're not alone. Some personal favorites are ...
Politics, News & Issues > US Economy Will President Obama's economic stimulus plan make things worse?: 2 of 8

President Obama's new economy may be a house of cards and his speech on April 13, 2009 continued the same old rhetoric. The first half blamed the Bush administration for our current economic woes and the second half consisted of general highlights of his broad economic agenda. The President intends to set the nation on a fir...
Personal Finance > Banking Basics Making your bank accounts work for you: 2 of 7

As the euphoria of averting the collapse of the world's banking system wears off, it is clear that banking's halcyon days have ended and its road to full recovery will likely be long and difficult. The good news is that the Fed is managing to keep the yield curve steep. As a result, banks today are able to borrow money effec...