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- Business and Economics
A New World
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- The media landscape has changed drastically over the last 30 years. There is no longer a mass market. Only a large number of small markets. This disruption has given rise to huge opportunities for those nimble enough to capitalize on this new world. Only those businesses who are committed to growing their reach one small group at a time will…
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- Investing and Wealth Management
All-time Market Highs
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- After a strong stock market run in 2019, investors should cheer new highs in the equity markets, not fear them.
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- Retirement and Estate Planning
All-time Market Highs are Nothing to Fear
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- The stock market does not rise in a straight line. But our economy and people have always persevered and prospered on the other side of difficult times. With such a solid record of long-term growth, there is far more risk for the long-term investor in being out of the market than in it.
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- Business and Economics
Be Kind, Rewind
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- Business history is the story of what if. The intersection of the fortunes of Blockbuster Video and tiny Netflix in 2000 is surely the story of missed opportunities and lack of market vision. And although Netflix employs far less people than Blockbuster did at its peak, it supports a large industry of movie and content production.
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- Retirement and Estate Planning
Bricks in a Wall
- $25.00
- The success of a long-term wealth management plan is built day by day, and brick by brick. And the exact investment products that you choose is much less important for success over time than the fact that you consistently invested according to your plan, listened to your advisor, and kept your investing behavior aligned with your goals.
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- Retirement and Estate Planning
Chaos at Paisley Park
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- When musician and songwriter Prince died without a will or estate planning in 2018, he left his heirs with a confusing and costly estate resolution mess which could take a decade and $100 million in costs and fees to resolve. By taking a few simple estate planning steps now, you can spare your friends and loved ones additional pain and…
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- Business and Economics
Dare to Suck
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- Creating anything of value in life takes struggle and perseverance and many bouts of trial and error. With all great works, we only see the final, perfect product. But there are always far more many versions that were thrown in the trash. Only by risking creating bad work can we find our way to the great work that is inside…
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- Retirement and Estate Planning
Everyone on TV is Selling Something
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- While guests on financial television shows may be intelligent and well-meaning, absolutely nobody knows what will happen tomorrow, next week, or in a year, and we should not pretend that they do. Everyone connected with financial television has their own agenda and incentives, so watch wisely.
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- Retirement and Estate Planning
Financial Big Rocks
- $25.00
- While many financial help gurus preach a focus on eliminating small costs, such as a daily cup of coffee, a focus on the larger aspects of financial planning can be much more important over time. If we are consistent in funding our 401k account, buying a house that we can afford, and not carrying a credit card balance, then we…
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- Investing and Wealth Management
Get Comfortable with Risk
- $25.00
- Being fearful about future investment performance is natural, but investors need to remember that fear is a thief. It steals peace of mind. It steals money in the form of lost future growth of wealth. And it steals happiness as the fearful investor constantly worries about things that seem scary but that in fact are not. We can learn to…
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- Business and Economics
Get Up on Stage
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- The fear of public speaking, or glossophobia, afflicts 76 percent of adults. But by overcoming this fear we can truly separate ourselves from the masses. We can use all the knowledge we have gained and impart it to others. And we gain the ability to do what most others cannot or will not, in order to connect with those people…
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- Retirement and Estate Planning
Go Big or Go Home
- $25.00
- The stock market has averaged a 9.5% return over the last 90 years, but the return my vary widely from year to year. To enjoy the years when the stock market rises sharply and delivers strong returns, an investor must stay strong and persevere through the years in which the market performs poorly. This volatility is a long-term investor's best…
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- Investing and Wealth Management
How Does a Stock Exchange Work?
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- Price discovery should be considered the central function in any marketplace whether it be a financial exchange or the local farmer's market. The market itself brings potential buyers and sellers together, and a marketplace allows all parties to interact and by doing so a consensus price is established.
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- Business and Economics
How Free Trade Makes the World Go ‘Round
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- While the merits of free trade vs. closed markets is a hotly debated topic these days, a trade deficit is a very different concept than a budget deficit. Everyone can benefit when trade markets are open and each country produces and trades when it has a competitive advantage.
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- Business and Economics
In the Mirror
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- The world can sometimes be a difficult and cruel place, but no one will ever talk to you as poorly as you talk to yourself, so be kind to yourself. Do not compare another person’s best to your everyday. Everyone struggles. Everyone has doubts. Everyone has insecurities that they battle. No one has all the answers. No one is perfect.
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- Investing and Wealth Management
It Only Takes One
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- Renowned author F. Scott Fitzgerald was unknown for many years, but his following slowly grew due to one committed fan. While most people try to attract as many social media followers as possible, we can still achieve success if we attract a small group of truly interested and committed disciples to help spread the word.
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- Business and Economics
Mad Men for a New Era
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- The problem for marketing and advertising professionals in 2019 is that this decades-long era in consumer marketing success is long since over, and broad market advertising campaigns will never dominate consumer branding again. The internet has created vast disruption in national advertising, and only skilled marketers will survive the new economy.
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- Investing and Wealth Management
Negative Yield Bonds?
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- Although purchasing a bond with a negative yield may sound crazy, there is a logical reason why investors around the globe are doing so.
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- Investing and Wealth Management
Nothing Lasts Forever
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- Business and consumer trends are evolving faster than ever, and what was once a thriving business even a few short years ago can suddenly look like a plodding dinosaur. Many companies have rapidly expanded their stable of products over the past decade, and still command loyalty from long-time customers. But it is difficult to do.
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- Business and Economics
Perfection is the Enemy of Progress
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- If you struggle to meet expectations in school, then take comfort as you are in great company. Passion, interest, focus, entrepreneurship, a stomach for risk taking, confidence and perseverance are much more valued in the working world than simply being great at taking tests.
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- Retirement and Estate Planning
Rise Above Your Ranking
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- What you achieve and how high you fly during your life is strictly up to you. Hard work and perseverance in your twenties and thirties will matter much more to your eventual success than what strangers thought of you when you were nineteen. History is not written by rankings; fortunately, your future is forged only by you.
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- Investing and Wealth Management
Should I Manage My Own Money?
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- An investor may wonder if it is worth the cost to work with a financial advisor. The simple answer is that a professional provides a level of expertise and guidance in many different areas of long-term wealth management and estate planning, and the resulting peace of mind can be well worth the cost.
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- Business and Economics
The Fall of a Retail Legend
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- In 1980, Nobel-prize-winning economist Milton Friedman visited The Phil Donahue Show, a television talk show, for a wide-ranging discussion of economics, free-market theory and the current state of the economy. Their discussion of the changing nature of the economy, business and consumer tastes is as interesting and relevant today as it was 40 years ago.
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- Retirement and Estate Planning
The Magic of Compounding
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- There is no brilliance in harnessing the power of compound interest to grow wealth over time. An investor simply needs patience and a long-time frame, and the power of compounding will do the work by itself. Start early. Invest often. Don’t touch the balance. And magic will happen to your small investment over time.
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- Retirement and Estate Planning
The Race to the Bottom
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- "Free" trading at large financial services firms like Schwab and TD may come at a high cost to investors down the road
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- Retirement and Estate Planning
The Scary Investment Monster is You
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- The big scary monster that will ruin your retirement account is not the stock market. It is not the inevitable economic recession. It is not the typical volatility of the financial markets. It is not trade policy, political party upheaval or tax laws. It is only YOU who can derail your plan.
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- Investing and Wealth Management
Volatility vs. Risk
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- Investing the stock market can be a volatile journey filled with many ups and downs, but investors should not confuse volatility with risk. They are not the same. While the stock market may see periodic increases in volatility and sharp up or down movements, the market does not become riskier with a higher level of volatility.
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- Investing and Wealth Management
Waterskiing and Wealth Management
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- Investing in the financial markets can be a volatile journey. However, if an investor has a comprehensive wealth plan and the courage to stick with the plan through all the ups and downs that come his way, then he does not have to prove how smart he is by trying to time the market. He is already smart.
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- Business and Economics
What a Country
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- In 2012, IPO investors knew that the success of Facebook would spark a thousand new ideas for a thousand new companies and products. Some will succeed and most will fail gloriously. Fortunately, America has a culture that celebrates new ideas and risk-taking and a people that are the hardest working and most innovative in the world.
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- Investing and Wealth Management
What is a 401k?
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- Your employer-sponsored 401k plan can be a powerful way to save money for retirement. The most important principles for success are to start early, contribute consistently to the plan, and think long-term about your investment choices. Saving consistently will allow you to sleep well at night, knowing that your financial future is secure.
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- Business and Economics
What is a Recession?
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- After more than ten years of economic expansion, many investors fear that an economic recession must be imminent. But what are the causes of a recession, and how do these short economic shocks affect the economy and the employment market? And are recessions shorter and more rare than in decades past?
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- Investing and Wealth Management
What is a Share Repurchase?
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- While in decades past a public company's primary way to return profits to shareholders was to pay funds out as dividends, these days a widely used technique to return cash to shareholders in an efficient manner is through a share repurchase. A company reduces the number of shares outstanding, thereby making each remaining share more valuable.
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- Investing and Wealth Management
What is a Short Seller?
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- For most investors, selling stock short is a bad idea. Buying stock to hold for the long-term is investing, but selling stock short that you may be forced to pay a much higher price for later on to replace the borrowed shares is gambling, and is very risky. Historically, stock prices usually rise over time, so it is best to…
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- Investing and Wealth Management
What is Investing?
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- Saving money rather than spending it is surely the best way to grow wealth over time, whether you are a sixteen-year-old new-adult who has just secured a first job, or a sixty-year-old factory employee who has been working for forty years. You can only invest money and watch it grow in the future if you save some money in addition…
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- Investing and Wealth Management
What is Risk?
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- NASA astronauts perform missions even in the face of great risk, as they they have learned to understand that risk and how to manage it. Wealth management clients also need to understand the true nature of the risk of their diversified portfolio of investments, and by learning to live with a comfortable level of risk they can grow wealth over…
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- Investing and Wealth Management
What is the S&P 500 Index?
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- The S&P 500 is a diversified index of large companies, and is a proxy for the stock market. Many stock market investors who want to gain exposure to investing in large United States stocks (but do not have the time or expertise to purchase individual stocks) can invest in the broad stock market conveniently by buying shares of an S&P…
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- Retirement and Estate Planning
Will a Large National Debt Sink our Economic Ship?
- $25.00
- A frequent question I hear from well-meaning investors is this: “Hey, I read that China owns U.S. government bonds worth $1 trillion and if they decided to dump them into the market it could spike interest rates overnight and crash the U.S. economy. Are you worried about that?”
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- Business and Economics
You Can Be One of a Kind
- $25.00
- It is much easier to be in the top 10% at several different skills than it is to be in the top 1% in any one of these skills. You can be one of the best in the world even if you are only very good at a few things. With "talent stacking" we can combine different skills and talents…
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- Retirement and Estate Planning
Zig When Others Zag
- $25.00
- Non-standard investments for a retirement plan may seem like a great idea, but take care to ensure that the market is not over-crowded with other folks with the same plan.
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