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US Government Corruption is Changing Views of Graft Worldwide – Romania Follows

We know the US leads the world. The signals being sent to friends and foes alike by our current government - and its actions to legitimize corruption - are starting to spill over into other countries. The Republican Party is throwing... Read →

Retirees Face Uncertain Future

It is exceedingly hard to look even months out with a modicum of confidence as to coming trends and events. We are in the most uncertain of times. This is especially true for those in retirement. Over the last decade, really beginning... Read →

A Moment of Crisis

After only a few days of the Trump administration, led by an unstable president and his frightening trio (Bannon, Flynn, and Conway), the country is spiraling out of control. Strikes and protests abound throughout the country and abroad,... Read →

Irrational Exuberance

In 1996, when the then Federal Reserve Chair, Alan Greenspan coined the phrase “Irrational Exuberance”, it troubled folks but also incorrectly forecast a precipitous drop in the markets. It took another three years. It... Read →

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The Snake Slithers - Chuck Todd Misses a Chance to Put Kellyanne Conway Away

Kellyanne Conway is completely ridiculous, but she is also a dangerous snake. Anybody who is so well trained in persuasive dialogue and who has seized power, even if done entirely through a strawman such as Trump, is very dangerous. ... Read →

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Political Activism Sparking a Renewed Interest in Credit Unions

I recently came across an interesting article that encourages readers to close certain accounts with major banks funding the Dakota Access pipeline. It also encourages them to take a renewed look at federal credit unions. After eight... Read →

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Is the Credit Card Flipping Game Ending?

The game of flipping credit cards to earn free travel may be nearing an end. Here is why. There is talk in Washington that the Republican legislature may seek to limit the interchange fees that credit card companies can charge to small... Read →

With A Clenched Fist Our World Changed

During his inaugural diatribe and throughout the parade, Trump morphed from past practice of a pointed pudgy finger or a pudgy finger and pudgy thumb to a raised fist – from commoner to autocratic ruler. Anyone who stopped to... Read →

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Kamala Harris needs to Explain Failure to Prosecute Mnuchin Before She can Run in 2020

Kamala Harris is a newly minted Senator from California, and may quickly become a forerunner for the Democratic nomination for President in 2020. There however is also serious problem that is going to linger from her role as... Read →

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Heads in the Sand

We all, everyone of us, have our heads in the sands. Most of those who voted for Trump have yet to realize what they have wrought. But they will. The rest know now, but are unable to face the reality of it all. In fact, we are all... Read →

EverBank’s 5-Year CD Rate is Like the Pool at EverBank Field

EverBank has become very aggressive with their CD rates again - either because they are trying to be on the cutting edge of increasing yields or because they are eager to attract new capital ahead of TIAA’s overpriced... Read →

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Not A Family Man

Donald Trump announced, finally, how he plans to restructure his personal, business and family assets in such a way as to protect himself legally against real and imagined conflicts of interest when he assumes the Presidency in another... Read →

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If Ever There Was A Time ...

Donald Trump will be president in a matter of days, regardless of what Russia may have on him. He may be impeached in a matter of days too, but that is less certain. But, whatever the days ahead may have in store for us, under any of... Read →