This weekend the nation took pause to celebrate Independence Day. It’s usually seen as a day to celebrate freedom, but it’s actually something close, but slightly different. Independence Day is a celebration of the detachment from feudal loyalty to an [...]

Good and Bad are tricky words but can make a good title. More accurately, however, we should probably say Growth: When It Works and When It Doesn’t. In general, growth is viewed as a good thing. It means ‘more of [...]

There is a Bull-Bear battle underway that is more complex than ever. Recently we’ve seen a rally in the markets that seems to defy the underlying indicators, so let’s take a quick look at this. Financial plans are designed for [...]

Bloomberg Businessweek titled last week’s edition as The Great Disconnect, and it was aptly named. This is a time of disconnections. We’ve been feeling disconnected from friends, from family members, from social gatherings, and even from our regular sense of [...]