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Well, I think it is true that in many ways, as a country, our treatment of veterans is woefully inadequate. But not in Clackamas county. See details below for this FREE series of classes on business management. This is not only for established businesses but also for vet’s who would like to start a business. […]

1. There are approximately 79 million Baby Boomers in the U.S. (those of us born between 1946 & 1964, roughly).2. About 5 million have some form of Long Term Care insurance, or just over 6%.3. About 15.8 million– 20% -will need Long Term Care insurance once they pass age 65.4. Average cost in Oregon for

They abhor “wealth redistribution”. Unless it is from you to them, which has been the case since the Reagan borrow-and-spend years, accelerated by Clinton and blasted into outer space by GW Bush & his Congressional toadies. They advocate fiscal restraint in government. Unless it takes benefits away from their owners, I mean, campaign contributors. They

Even though I disagree with most of Forbes’ editorials, Neil Weinberg had a mostly excellent article in the August 9th issue. He begins, “Everybody hates Wall Street and it’s easy to see why. While one in six workers can’t find a job, investment banks are hiring thousands. Goldman Sachs Chief Lloyd Blankfein recently bought an

As incredible as it may seem, there are prominent political, intellectual, and business leaders who believe that unfettered capitalism, a “free” market, can do no harm. For example Alan Greenspan, the principal architect of our recession, believed financial regulation stifles innovation. Thus his support of GW’s deregulatory spree.But as Stanford economist Joe Stiglitz points out

Having never quite grown up, doomed, I suppose, to being a perpetual dreamer, I’m a great one for “what ifs”. This is one of my favorites, what I call “The CD Killer”. In terms of safe money, what if:1. You could earn double the rate your current CD is paying.2. Defer taxes on the interest

OK. I know. I’m playing with fire. But this blog is intended to be controversial and challenging. And what could be more controversial and challenging than scrutinizing religion and money?I especially love “Christian financial planning”, because Christ was quite clear on His financial plan: sell everything and give it to the poor. (But then do

I hate to even go here because it sounds so crazy. 81 banks have failed so far this year (see Failed Banks). To put that number in perspective, it’s almost 1/3 of bank failures since 2000 according to investinganswers.com. But here’s the crazy part: Although the FDIC will tell us how many banks are on

One of the best online discussions of this issue that I’ve found is at: michaelbluejay.com But the most common catch-phrase (which Parnassus Investments has branded) is “Doing well by doing good”. For long-term investors, SRI & sustainable investing should pay off better than short-term attempts to game all the systems in which business is done,

The Oregon Insurance Division has several excellent publications, including this one on annuities: http://www.cbs.state.or.us/ins/publications/consumer/3494.pdfHere is one page of it, to save you the trouble. See my remarks interspersed: Annuity sales to senior citizens haveincreased significantly in recent years.However, as annuity sales have risen, so has asense of confusion among consumers. This isdue, in part, to