Had a conversation the other day with a bright, young, passionate Central Valley California conservative. A person who would all-day-long profess himself a capitalist, who, with table-pounding zeal argues for smaller government and lower taxes, who tea-partys like it’s 1999. There happened to be a TV in the room channeled to a cable news station, [...]

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Per my experiences with clients during the “worst recession since the Great Depression”, the tech-bubble bear market of ’00 – ‘03, the brief yet dramatic 20% decline in the fall of ’98, the market setbacks of ’94 and ’90, the October 1987 crash, the too many to remember 10% corrections, as well as the rallies/bull [...]

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I’ve been a bit under the weather recently and, as you’re about to read, have had perhaps too much time on my hands. Thus we now have, “The Great Tree Chapter 2”. A few months ago I shared a little tale titled “The Great Tree”, an analogy for my view on government intervention and the [...]

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When your teenager is about to hop in the car and head to the beach, what are your parting words? “Have a good time honey” or “for God’s sake, please drive safely”. Do you imagine your kid having fun or are you riddled with fear? I’m guessing most of us want our kids to experience [...]

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