If I had a formula for bypassing trouble, I would not pass it round. Trouble creates a capacity to handle it. I don’t embrace trouble; that’s as bad as treating it as an enemy. But I do say meet it as a friend, for you’ll see a lot of it and had better be on…
He didn’t tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it. ~Clarence Budington Kelland If you’ve been following the story of our recent life changes, you know that we just bought a home about two and a half hours from where we live now in order to take advantage of…
Year’s end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us. ~ Hal Borland Update: This article was included in the Carnival of Financial Planning #170 posted at The Skilled Investor. Objectively, there’s nothing magical about the beginning of a New Year. Midnight…
The following is a guest post by Frank Wiginton CFP, FMA, CIM, FCSI. I want to start off by saying that I am not advocating anything that could get you put away! What I am recommending is that you speak with your parents about saving them thousands in taxes throughout retirement. Those who are in…
No man acquires property without acquiring a little arithmetic also. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson Update: This article appeared in the Carnival of Financial Planning #153 at The Skilled Investor. We continue our look at the prospects for various asset classes in the current market environment today with a survey of the commodities and real estate…
The national budget must be balanced. The public debt must be reduced; the arrogance of the authorities must be moderated and controlled. Payments to foreign governments must be reduced if the nation doesn’t want to go bankrupt. People must again learn to work instead of living on public assistance. ~ Cicero, 55 B.C. It’s hard…
