“A wealth of information creates a poverty of attention” — Herbert A. Simon Every day, millions of Americans face a deluge of data, whether it is news, financial reports, celebrity gossip, the latest from Washington, D.C. politico-sphere or sports results. We thumb through these information bits on our desktop computers, laptops, smartphones, tablets, phablets…you name it. We get bombarded with so…

“America is another name for opportunity” — Ralph Waldo Emerson Americans are used to celebrating the 4th of July with fanfare and a renewed sense of national pride and independence, but unsound policymaking and a lethargic economy have lately left millions of people, especially retirees, feeling a loss of personal liberty along with the gnawing anxiety of an increasingly uncertain…

“An investment in knowledge pays the best interest” — Benjamin Franklin “Don’t fight the FED’ is an old axiom heard a lot back in the days of the great bull market. It simply meant don't trade against Federal Reserve policy with your stocks; buy stocks when rates are falling and lighten up on holdings when the central bank is getting…

“The first duty of a man is to think for himself” ― Jose Marti There’s something about the presidential election season and all the campaign slogans, catch-phrases, buzzwords, and colorful themes that go along with it. For much of the last century Americans have been treated to a collection of new terminology and phrases every four years as part of the…

"It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another, but above all try something" — Franklin D. Roosevelt Recent trends in the now eight-year-old economic “recovery” are nothing new: we’re witnessing the consequences of an endless stream of ill-conceived policies coming out of Washington that have been transforming the way…