How to Start a Farm: Advice from a Financial Planner
Deb Kriebel | May 24, 2013
You probably remember the 1960s sitcom Green Acres, and its catchy theme song: Green Acres is the place for me, Farm living is the life for me. Land spreading out so far and wide, Keep Manhattan just give me that countryside. The main story revolves around two socialites (Eva Gabor and Eddie Albert) who retired from their jobs in the [...]
Read More →Is Market Fear Fading?
Rick Vollaro | May 15, 2013
In January I wrote two columns that served as exercises in speculative thinking. The second article described a scenario that might produce a bullish blow off in the markets during 2013: But what if 2013 is the year in which fear fades from the backdrop? What if system risk in Europe dissolves, the U.S avoids a major debt ceiling fallout, [...]
Read More →Be Careful with Alternative Investments
Ken Solow | May 13, 2013
I have been on the road quite a bit recently, appearing at several professional conferences around the country. One fellow speaker at a conference in San Diego was Dr. Christopher Geczy, a finance professor at the Wharton School and the new academic director of the Wharton Wealth Management Initiative. His impressive resume features a B.A. in economics from the University [...]
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