In many ways, massive ground wars are relics of the past. While it’s still important to maintain a strong defense, actually applying that military power is a crapshoot as far…
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There’s a particularly cruel and ironic twist that frequently arises when people and businesses get a little mileage under their belt. The biggest and most imminently fatal mistakes frequently happen…
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It really seems quite insane some days. Millions of Americans are jolted out of a sound sleep by the alarm clock and spend a weary hour getting dressed and amping…
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Despite its flaws, America is still the greatest entrepreneurial market in the world. You wouldn’t know it listening to the perpetual gloom, doom and petty whining of popular media, but…
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Greed, arrogance, fear and paranoia sound more like the staples of a soap opera plot but they are, in fact, the basic drivers of investment markets. We all like to…
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It’s hard to believe but identity theft has been a federal crime since the late ’90s. Slowly but surely we’re actually getting better at both preventing identity theft and dealing…
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As if it wasn’t hard enough for home buyers with high prices, all cash offers and tighter lending standards, now buyers have to compete with cash-rich overseas shoppers from China…
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There’s nothing rational about the stock market; if markets were rational the financial entertainment industry would be out of business almost overnight. The fact is markets are wildly irrational because…
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One of the first questions an investment broker will ask you is about your financial goals. I always had a hard time with that question because mine weren’t that specific.…
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Everyone needs an intervention at some point and it’s not always for something big. We all fall into habits that, one day, outlive their usefulness. That tends to be particularly…