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Want to be Productive? Create Your Own System

I tend to be in a constant game of tug of war when it comes to being productive. On one hand, productivity is one of those things that we should all utilize to accent our strengths and downplay our weaknesses. Using a system that works for us allows us to get more done in a […]

How Far Will you Go?

history essay writing service p align=”center”> Being “financially secure” is just one of those phrases that’s impossible to define because each person has their own version of what being secure means. To some, if they have no debt outside their mortgage, they consider themselves financially secure. After all, a mortgage is about as close as […]

US Economy Scrapes on By

I know I’ve been stuck on the economy of late, even more so by the latest announcement concerning our GDP: “The Commerce Department reported Thursday that gross domestic product increased at a feeble 0.6 percent annual rate in the October-to-December quarter. The reading — unchanged from a previous estimate a month ago — provided stark […]

Back in Black!

It appears that my discretionary portfolio has managed to stage a precarious turnaround for the year. This past week it managed to pull out a year to date return of 1.14%. This doesn’t really sound all that great, until you put it up against the market’s return. The S&P500 is currently down 9.46% Year to […]

Winding Down….Thursday

So our winding down day is usually Friday, but if you work in Financial Services, it’s likely you have off tomorrow (and if you don’t you should still have off for no other reason than everyone could use an extra holiday). So to pick things up after my doom and gloom the other day (which […]