Warning: Your Pension & Social Security Are Quoted in FUTURE Dollars – How to Convert to Present Value

June 5, 2011

I was playing around with our firm’s pension tool the other day after plopping in assumptions for retirement date, assumed future salary increases and other factors, the model would return what various pension options would pay me per month.  For instance, if I wanted my survivor (wife) to enjoy the same monthly income after my […]

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3 Eye-Opening Insights from People Outside My Circle

May 30, 2011

When you associate with the same people day in and day out, the conversation invariably shifts back to familiar topics – how the kids are doing, your recent vacation, a fun debate over politics or whatever.  Recently though, from various talks with people I hadn’t seen in a long time doing different things with their […]

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Weekend Reading – US Treasury Bond Default Edition

May 28, 2011

When you hear something in the mainstream media so often, you actually start to believe it.  We’ve heard over and over again that the US has NEVER defaulted on its debt obligations and to do so now would be unprecedented.  This debt ceiling vote issue’s been swirling around for months now, but just recently, I […]

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CytRx Corporation Stock Review

May 24, 2011

Today we’re going to take a look at an interesting prospect in the early stage Biotech world – CytRx Corporation (ticker: CYTR).  CytRx is focused on oncology drugs and has three primary drug candidates in the mid-late stage pipeline phases with prospects for various indications. Pipeline Review Here’s a recent snapshot of the pipeline indicating […]

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7 Things Your Pool Contractor Won’t Tell You

May 22, 2011

  I know, I’m set to be banished to eternal personal finance damnation for admitting this (after surviving that “rapture”), but we’re putting in a swimming pool!  While I’m fully aware that pools don’t make for a good “investment”, this is a lifestyle choice we made after careful consideration.  When we had saved for years […]

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Should an American Lead the IMF Following Sex Scandal? Odds-Makers Taking Bets Already

May 18, 2011

Following the shocking allegations against Dominique Strauss-Kahn and being hauled off a plane, arrested and denied bail, he now resides under suicide watch awaiting trial.  Apparently, he won’t have the benefit of diplomatic immunity and his ambitions for the next leader of France have obviously been greatly diminished.  On to his replacement…There’s been plenty of […]

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