Last update was a Retweet from Summer’s swim coach @PHHSwimming during their 4 hour practice this morning on Christmas Eve #grinch
Disability Insurance
December 21, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Disability Insurance is probably the most overlooked of all of the necessary insurances. People either have it at work or they don’t. Few buy it on their own because it costs a lot of money and most people don’t become disabled.
I got a letter from one of our doctors this week that put its importance in focus for me. He has health issues and it has forced him to sell his practice. He is my age and has a family. The letter explained the situation and asked us to go to the doctor who bought his practice.
Even if he had disability insurance, their lives just got a whole lot harder. If he didn’t have it, they could be facing a really rough road.
What would you do if you could no longer earn a living? Would you be okay? Would your family?
If you or anyone else is dependent on your income, and you don’t have enough assets to retire, please check into your disability insurance coverage. I am going to.
Meredith Whitney’s folly
December 20, 2011 by Leave a Comment
It was a year ago yesterday that Meredith Whitney went on 60 Minutes and warned of the upcoming catastrophe in the municipal bond market. That may happen one day, but muni bonds had one of their better years and were among the best asset classes for all of 2011, showing once again the folly of predicting the markets and trying to invest based on those short-term predictions.
At this time of year you will see just about every brokerage firm and investment bank come out with their predictions for the year ahead. Some will be right based on the broken-clock theory – even a broken clock is right twice a day. Those that are right will tout those predictions next year. Those that were wrong will still come out and make predictions for the following year. They just can’t help themselves.
You can help yourselves by ignoring their predictions and investing based on your life circumstances, goals and risk tolerances, and finding the portfolio that works best for you.
Hello World!
December 20, 2011 by Leave a Comment
This is my first blog post. Not too hard, huh? Okay, starting tomorrow I’ll try to make them interesting.
