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- Malthusian Financial Planning - Editor, 28 April 2008 - No Comments yet
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- Shuffle Your Stocks in the Services Deck - Editor, 15 April 2008 - 1 Comment
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We hope that prophets of doom are wrong. Some of us keep worrying they could be right. Malthus lived 200 years ago. He postulated the dilemma of population growth. That nightmare is now close.
What should you do with your Energy Sector stocks? Will Bush push his royal Saudi buddy? Can all that Washington has done for security get the Sheikhs to keep crude in just two digits per barrel? Will Chavez have his way yet again and realize the $200 a barrel dream/nightmare? Will our Guam squadrons obliterate Iran?
Adversity is part of our business heritage. Think of how your ancestors lived. Go back to the days of the World Wars. Imagine raising children during the Great Depression. Reflect on the humiliation of return from Vietnam. Rejoice in all the props we share for financial planning today.
We told you so.
It is bad manners, but search engines will give you points for telling casual browsers what website loyalty can do for them.
A six-month break from the stock market has become a popular prescription. Some people say that we should do nothing. The nightmare has to end. Just wait until everyone wakes up. Others bleed cash. They have to stop. We do not deny the compulsions of ceasing all stock investing activity until a new Washington begins to take shape. Keep the following opportunity losses in view though:
Can we take the de Bono way further? We are stimulated by the thinking methods of this celebrated author. See our earlier publication on Water Logic for financial planning: The Stock Market Torch in Economic Darkness
Controversy has erupted over stock price trends of major Internet search engines. Some surveys show that the ‘pay per click’ fashion may be on the decline. Influential stock market quarters believe that eliminating fraudulent browser behavior is the way to go. Search engines may do even better with lower but genuine browser activity on the web. What does all this mean for you?
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