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Archive for February, 2009

The Economist -Tuesday

As part of keeping you informed, I’m going to begin summarizing some of the highlights from each weekly issue of the Economist and share some relevant info with you on certain Tuesday’s, eventually every Tuesday.

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How refreshing to see Arnold Schwarzenegger on Meet the Press this Sunday talking about working together as a country. After 9/11-do you remember how united we were as a country? Remember how good it felt? Well, we’re in a financial crisis of a magnitude not seen in a generation and partisan politics sounds and feels [...]

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7 Stages of Grief

Last night I had the wonderful opportunity to be on KGO radio for an hour with Joanne Greene. The topic du jour of course was money. We discussed money and spirituality as well as your relationship with money and then moved to discussing the current economic meltdown. That’s when things got interesting.

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If Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner is successful in unclogging the credit system in our country and I truly believe he will be, than we’re looking at printing money like it’s going out of style. There’s talk of the Fed pumping up to $2 trillion dollars, maybe more, into the financial system to get credit flowing [...]

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The Number

Perhaps it’s because my clients are mostly middle income that I’m seeing the reality of this economic crisis up front and personal. But one thing is for sure, people are scared stiff and they’re literally making themselves sick from worrying. I never believed that in my lifetime we would be on the verge of another [...]

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Tips, Tips, Tips

I was talking with some colleagues today and they turned me on to an excellent website for managing your money. It’s called mint.com. It doesn’t matter if you use Quicken or MS Money, both are compatible with mint.com. Probably the best feature is their transactions page-very well done. You can easily see where you are [...]

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