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Journey to Financial Mastery: January 2011
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Journey to Financial Mastery. Tuesday, January 25, 2011. JANUARY HAS STARTED WELL, THOUGH with a bit of volatility. By the numbers, for the three weeks ended Friday, January 21, 2011, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 11,871, up 294 points, or 2.5%. The Standard and Poor’s 500 closed at 1283, up 26 points, or 2%, and the NASDAQ Composite closed at 2689, up 37 points, or 1.4%. Speaking of Goldman, Facebook just picked up $1.5 billion from them. It appears that Facebook has operating margi...Wal-M...
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Journey to Financial Mastery: June 2011
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Journey to Financial Mastery. Tuesday, June 21, 2011. George Soros sold $800 million of his gold holdings during the first quarter of 2011. Citigroup suffered a security breach at the hands of online hackers. Expect the security breach stories to become more common. Some cities are realizing that they must get their financial lives under control. Brea and San Francisco California are both reducing pensions and benefits for their employees as a way to cut costs. Illinois is choosing to deal with m...In ec...
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Journey to Financial Mastery: April 2011
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Journey to Financial Mastery. Wednesday, April 20, 2011. Q1 2011 Investment Commentary. We Are Not Perma-Bears, But We Are Cautious Now. As we reflect back and look forward, there are several points worth emphasizing. 1 Our valuation-driven, scenario-based approach is designed to help us make good decisions over the long-term. We know we can’t predict the short-term with consistent accuracy. That brings us to our third point, which is that with low expected returns for stocks and bonds, and with signific...
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Journey to Financial Mastery: March 2010
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Journey to Financial Mastery. Tuesday, March 30, 2010. Ty Murray on Life. Germany, France, and the rest of the European Union have chosen to bail out Greece. Isn’t this like buying your son a new car after he wrecked the one you bought him last year by drinking and driving? Apple continues to wow the consuming public, and has built substantial anticipation into the iPad release. 1 Existing plans are grandfathered as long as the only changes are additions and deletions of employees and dependents. 7 All e...
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Journey to Financial Mastery: January 2012
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Journey to Financial Mastery. Monday, January 16, 2012. Year End Market and Business Notes. January 11, 2012. I'D REFER TO THIS AS A WEEKLY COMMENTARY, but my notes tell me that it's been more than three months since we sent our last thoughts to you in this form. In fact, our last comments were as of the market's close on September 30th. That day ended one of the most challenging months of the year. Bonds had a better year, with many investors moving to the perceived safety of bonds. The Vanguard Tot...
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Journey to Financial Mastery: August 2011
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Journey to Financial Mastery. Wednesday, August 24, 2011. The Federal Reserve has said interest rates will remain low until at least mid-2013. The European Central Bank has begun buying bonds, in an attempt to pull Italy and Spain from financial ruin. English Prime Minister David Cameron has said he will consider blocking social media sites, in an attempt to reduce the riots, and their coordination. Gold has been on a tear over the last six weeks, closing within just a few dollars of $1900. Some sugg...
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Journey to Financial Mastery: December 2010
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Journey to Financial Mastery. Friday, December 17, 2010. On the economic front, data indicates a slow recovery. The U.S. trade deficit fell in October to $38.7 billion, due primarily to increased exports and reduced gasoline consumption. Consumer borrowing increased by $3.4 billion in October, most of which was student loans. Credit card use fell for the 26th consecutive month, and jobless claims were down to 421,000. 1 They live well below their means. 2 They allocate time, energy, and money efficiently.
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Journey to Financial Mastery: October 2009
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Journey to Financial Mastery. Thursday, October 15, 2009. POSITIVE EARNINGS SURPRISES lifted the equity markets last week. By the numbers, for the week ended Friday, October 9, 2009, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 9865, up 377 points, or 4%. The Standard and Poor’s 500 closed at 1071, up 46 points, or 4.5%, and the NASDAQ Composite closed at 2139, up 91 points, or 4.5%. Looking at the overall economy, the U.S. trade deficit fell in August to $30.7 billion from July’s $32 bil...According to a ...
