I know this will get me into hot water with a certain group of the population but I am not a big fan of Apple as a company. Being someone who doesn’t like to be told what I have to do or buy, I don’t like Apple’s strategy of purposely [...]
According to a recent Harvard CAPS-Harris poll immigration has replaced inflation as the top policy concern amongst likely voters. At first glance it might appear that people’s growing concern over current border policies, is the result of a reduced concern on the state of our economy. In my opinion, that [...]
What just happened in 2023 financially in the US? For professionals, it was one word: Surprise! After suffering an 18 percent plus drop in 2022, the S&P 500 index gained 26.4 percent, almost back to its all-time high point of January 4, 2022. The gargantuan tech companies led the Nasdaq [...]
Happy 2024! It is proverbial to end one year and begin a new one with a certain sense of optimism. However, since there seem to be so many diverse matters of our world about which to worry, I would like to address this condition. In President Jimmy Carter’s words from [...]
As some of you may already be well aware, student loans are notoriously difficult to be absolved of through normal bankruptcy proceedings. That may all be changing soon as a little over a week the Biden Administration released new data on an initiative the White House developed last year to [...]
A saying attributed to the Chinese is, May you live in interesting times. I believe we are indeed in those times. It is perhaps ironic that this is a Chinese saying since most of our stuff we purchase as well as our drugs—both ethical and addictive such as fentanyl—are manufactured [...]
Several months ago I examined the subject of ESG investing, that is Environmental, Social and Governance. The controversy continues to maintain a central position in investment landscape. My primary test concerning the popularity of investment themes is one of practicality. Where is the money flowing? What industries and corporations are [...]
Last week I read a statistic in the Ney York Post that blew mind. As soon as I heard it, I knew I had to opine on the subject. Believe it or not 36% of New York City public school students are chronically absent from class which means they are [...]
As I’ve gotten older, I’ve also gotten crankier. Particularly in the way I view our younger generations. In fact, on more than one occasion I have used this very platform to air my grievances about “kids these days” Today however, I want to defend them a little bit. For the [...]
Over the past few years of writing these columns I have written multiple times on the need to protect yourself from scammers. Generally speaking, these articles have related to people seeking to obtain access to your identity or financial information to do you harm. However, there is another place con-artists [...]
