Women, Wisdom & Wealth

The events in Japan are heart-wrenching, and it’s likely that there will be more disturbing news as the true scope of this disaster unfolds. The economic impact on Japan’s economy and individual companies will be significant but there’s nothing to ...

As the years have gone by it seems that things like car repair, investing and hair care have become more complicated. As a teenager I was a “tom-boy” who hung out with the guys who worked on cars. Through osmosis ...

“Be careful what you wish for” is a motherly and cautionary statement. Mom is usually right and there’s no exception to the rule as this declaration applies to the receipt of sudden and unexpected wealth. For some this event is ...

There’s never a dull day in the financial markets. On Thursday, May 6 our office was singing Tom Petty & The Heart Breakers 1989 hit “Free Falling” as the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 5.7 percent from April’s close to ...

The years go by so fast. It was just 5 years ago that our oldest daughter and son-in-law surprised us with a gift wrapped ultrasound picture of our granddaughter as their way of telling us we were going to be ...

Until Jan. 1, almost everyone expected Congress to act to prevent repeal of the estate tax. Many expected a simple patch to extend 2009 law into 2010. In 2009’s cliffhanger of an ending, Congress instead offered no resolution at all, ...

“Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in 10,000 may succeed. These are fearful odds.” Former British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli.

There is rarely a day that goes by that we can’t learn or relearn something of value.

It was the summer of 1969; do you remember where you were? Two important events occurred; the Apollo Moon Landing and Woodstock. I also celebrated my ninth birthday that summer. While I remember listening to Walter Cronkite reporting on the ...

Robert Louis Stevenson said “Everybody, sooner or later, sits down to a banquet of consequences”. If we apply his wisdom to today’s economic situation, we’re feasting on a banquet of debt. The trick is in how we’ll digest the consequences ...

There was a flurry of positive news at the end of July which drove the markets up. The most-quoted indices are all at or near their 2009 highs. First, several banks and large companies such as Intel Corp., Caterpillar Inc. ...

There’s a mystique around golf that I have find intriguing. Not a golfer myself, I’ve never had a burning desire to chase the little white ball, and since no one that I spend a great deal of time with is ...

Mid-year is the perfect time pause, take a look back to review this past year and to see what the road ahead may bring.

A University of Iowa study found that female professional leaders reach their peak performance at age 43, while men max out at age 47. They also state that women’s contributions in the work force start to diminish at age 59.7 ...

Last week you were introduced to my friend Grace who was recently widowed. She and her husband had the difficult conversations while he was alive and discussed what the future may hold if one of them were to pass.