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The Folly of Buy and Hold

Posted on February 16, 2012 by blair

One of the perils of the remarkable run of post WWII prosperity has been the idea that, given enough time, markets will generally grow and blossom, taking the investor’s long term, patient assets with them. In other words “buy and hold”. Even though I still believe that the notion is a valid tenet in the [...]

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Scarcity Mentality vs. Abundance Mentality

Posted on February 9, 2012 by blair

The Scarcity Paradigm If you have put any thought into your own retirement, you have probably seen the retirement income calculators that most every financial institution provides on its website. There is always the question about how much money you will need to have accumulated by the time you retire. Do you need one million [...]

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Innovative Real Estate?

Posted on February 8, 2012 by blair

When the Wright brothers first took flight in 1903, it was not an experiment. It was the culmination of years of research, applied mathematics, and extensive documentation. These were world-class engineers; serious aviators that left nothing to chance. History often paints them as a couple of guys that owned a bike shop and decided to [...]

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What To Do With IRA Assets…Good Question

Posted on February 7, 2012 by blair

When I first got licensed in the securities industry in 1989, money market rates were at 12% (stock market returns for cash investments!) and the stock market was booming, despite the frightening sell-off just two years earlier in 1987. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was setting new records and we were all eagerly awaiting the [...]

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