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Blog #1 (introduction)
WHY A BLOG ON "MAKING CENTS OUT OF THE NEWS"?
By Tom McAllister, CFP®
Every quarter or so, for over thirty years, I've been sharing ideas about the financial markets
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Blog #19-2012
(May 17th, 2012)
Spending in Retirement
By Tom McAllister, CFP®
For years now, some of the planning assumptions made by my Certified Financial Planner colleagues have
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Blog #18-2012
(May 10th, 2012)
Reality vs. Expectations
By Tom McAllister, CFP®
Investors are often surprised when the stock market fails to react to current news. If, for example, a monthly job report from
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Blog #17-2012
(May 3rd, 2012)
Our Gear Year
By Tom McAllister, CFP®
At the Chartered Financial Analysts meeting I attended last week, featured speaker James Paulson, chief economist of Wells
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Blog #16-2012
(April 26th, 2012)
Can You Eat Your Yield and Have Inflation Protection, Too?
By Tom McAllister, CFP®
Last week I discussed two relatively attractive options for investors who desire more income from their investment
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Blog #15-2012
(April 19th, 2012)
Where To For Yield?
By Tom McAllister, CFP®
With U.S. bond interest rates at historic lows, investing for income is a challenge. Government bonds and CD’s are
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Blog #14-2012
(April 12th, 2012)
Ideas on Income Inequality
By Tom McAllister, CFP®
How concerned should we, as investors, be about income and wealth inequality? The harsh arguments of Washington politicians
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Blog #13-2012
(April 5th, 2012)
Men, Women, and Money
By Tom McAllister, CFP®
In my career as a financial and investment advisor to clients of both genders, it soon became apparent to me that men and women
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Blog #12-2012
(March 22nd, 2012)
Can Irrational Investment Behavior Be Cured?
By Tom McAllister, CFP®
My fifty year career as an investment advisor has offered me ample time to observe the behavior of investors. And what I
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Blog #11-2012
(March 15th, 2012)
Hardy, Yet Hardly Robust
By Tom McAllister, CFP®
The recession, as I’ve been saying for months now, has been over for three years, yet only recently have the press and
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Blog #10-2012
(March 8th, 2012)
Exploring the Energy Crisis on a Deeper Level
By Tom McAllister, CFP®
I am fairly sure the decision makers at General Motors and Ryder Systems do not read my blogs. But both companies ....
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Blog #09-2012
(March 1st, 2012)
Energy, Energy Everywhere, Nor Any Drop to Fuel
By Tom McAllister, CFP®
Remember that line from the poem “Rime of the Ancient Mariner”? – “Water, water everywhere, nor any drop to drink.” Reminds
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Blog #08-2012
(February 23rd, 2012)
Where to from Here?
By Tom McAllister, CFP®
When it comes to stocks, faith and patience have certainly been rewarded in 2012, thus far at least. Most indices
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Blog #07-2012
(February 16th, 2012)
Wisdom from Warren Buffett
By Tom McAllister, CFP®
Last week, and many times in past blogs, I have referred to Warren Buffet as the most successful investor of his, and my, time. His
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Blog #06-2012
(February 9th, 2012)
The Unfair Media Fudge on Tax “Fairness”
By Tom McAllister, CFP®
When it comes to taxes, it’s my business to know what’s going on, and what I know is that the investing public is being misled by
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Blog #05-2012
(February 2nd, 2012)
It’s the Economy, and We’re Leery, Not Stupid
By Tom McAllister, CFP®
The 2.8% annualized growth rate during the last quarter of 2011, more than two and a half years into a recovery, is deeply
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Blog #04-2012
(January 26th, 2012)
Energy Shortage or Environmentalist Scare?
By Tom McAllister, CFP®
Green? Where energy is concerned, I’ve been green for thirty years. I’ve invested my own money and that of my clients
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Blog #03-2012
(January 19th, 2012)
Is Europe’s Economic Crisis Our Problem?
By Tom McAllister, CFP®
The U.S. stock market remains extremely sensitive to what is going on in the Euro zone, essentially Western Europe. This past
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Blog #02-2012
(January 12th, 2012)
When Mom Needs a Nursing Home
By Tom McAllister, CFP®
Most of my readers, I’m well aware, have substantial means. Most, I’m also aware, have either Long Term Care insurance or
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Blog #01-2012
(January 5th, 2012)
“Cooling It” on Global Warming
By Tom McAllister, CFP®
Last month at a meeting held in the beautiful warm city of Durban, South Africa, the coalition of countries concerned about global
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