By Frank Fahey “Economics is extremely useful as a form of employment for economists” – John Kenneth Galbraith “I will undoubtedly have to seek what is happily known as gainful employment, which I am glad to say does not describe holding public office.” – Dean Acheson The rally continued last…
By Frank Fahey “The optimist proclaims we live in the best of all possible worlds, and the pessimist fears this is true.” – James Branch Cabell We had a sharp rally this week. Consumer prices and domestic unemployment gave impetus to the rally. The US economy is showing strength which…
By Frank Fahey “I’ve found that when the market’s going down and you buy funds wisely, at some point in the future you will be happy. You won’t get there by reading ‘Now is the time to buy.’” – Peter Lynch “When I’m bearish and I sell a stock, each…
By Steve Papale With the 2016 election season in full swing, it is clear we are venturing into strange new worlds when it comes to basic civility in campaigning. I’m no politician or political observer, and politics has always been an event not for the faint of heart or sensitive,…
By Frank Fahey “The two most important things to do for self-defense are not to take a martial arts class or get a gun, but to think like the opposition and know where you’re most at risk.” – Barry Eisler “The problem in defense is how far you can go…
By Steve Papale Arguably this Sunday could be the biggest sports day in history. The Super Bowl is the most watched sporting event each year and the money machine called the NFL is marketing Super Bowl 50 like the Y2K pundits were marketing computer shutdowns. Of course I’ll be on…
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