Sometimes we see numerous problems right in front of us but in our effort to handle them quickly or try to make their impact less serious or damaging, we lose the perspective of our actions over the longer term. Such is the case with Obamanomics and the President’s efforts to ease the pain that a collapsing...

I was struck by President Obama’s statement in his commencement speech at Notre Dame University where he said: “We must find a way to live together as one human family”. “Although people have irreconcilable differences on moral beliefs like those embraced by Catholics regarding...

May 8, 2009: Investors have been waiting in some anticipation for the U.S. Treasury’s report of the result of their audit of nineteen of our largest banks to determine just what financial condition they currently are in and what they will have to do in order to get to the baseline of solvency.This...

May 4, 2009: For the past 25 years and in cycles before that since the turn of the 20th century, investors have been well served by a strategy of allocating a large percentage of their assets to a diversified portfolio of equity securities. Most individuals employing assets in their retirement (401k...