These articles have been compiled from the last 25+ years and are archived here to serve as an incredible free resource for our long time listeners and those new to the show. Topics range from financial planning basics to politics, life, the economy and more.
The debate is over…God is a Yankee fan…or he really hates the death tax. I spent three hours on the air on my new show that airs on WWBA 820 in the Tampa Bay market covering the death of “The Boss,” the principal owner of the New York Yankees, George Steinbrenner. Steinbrenner has been a […]
Back by popular demand…I give you our latest edition of the Fraud Files. This is a very small sampling of the scams that we encounter on a daily basis. Target Your Fellow Churchgoers. Tom Matkin, a lawyer and stake holder in the Church of Latter day Saints complained to authorities about what he suspected to […]
Eddie Murphy starred in a 1992 comedy called the Distinguished Gentleman. Eddie played a con-man named Thomas Jefferson Johnson who decides to run for Congress after the incumbent Jeff Johnson died. Thomas shortens his middle name to “Jeff” and uses the dead Congressman’s old campaign material running a campaign on name recognition, thinking that most […]
“Mama said, stupid is as stupid does.” Forrest Gump I am sick and tired of all these useless studies. These adventures in academia are usually funded with taxpayer funds, done by some sensitive pony-tail professor using his undergrads to do all the work. For example: Drinking Alcohol Makes Young Adults Act Stupid, courtesy of Washington […]
What if foreign entities stop buying our debt? Most of our nation’s debt is in short-term instruments that need to be rolled over on regular basis. We have just witnessed what happened when the nation of Greece had a hard time borrowing to finance their socialist entitlement programs. What would our government do if […]
Quick Reminder Luis Fernandez of Fernandez Financial in Folsom, California has been indicted by a grand jury on charges of money laundering and wire fraud. Fernandez collected money from investors by promising a 3% monthly return on their money. Fernandez told investors that his clients were profitable in both good markets and bad and that […]
The President spoke in front of a massive crowd of 200 people in Strongsville, Ohio where he preached about the super-cool magic of his health care bill… “How many people out here get insurance through their employer? A lot of those folks…your employer, it is estimated would see premiums fall by as much as 3000%. […]
“We’re not going to save our way out of recession. We’ve got to spend our way out of this recession, and I think most economists know that.” Rep. James Clyburn D-SC (third-ranking house leader) President Obama recently signed the borrowing authority that grants the government to borrow an additional $1.9 trillion raising the debt ceiling […]
I took a serious amount of flack for supporting the TARP program when it was put together back in the fall of 2008. I saw what was happening in the credit markets and knew that catastrophe was not out of the question and much closer than people realized. Despite my support, I did have some […]
Once upon a time, when the NBC Television Network was competent, they produced a show that did pretty well. It was entitled, Seinfeld. One episode that comes to mind while contemplating the state of America today is the Bizarro episode. This classic episode was in reference to the Bizarro character in the Superman comic series. […]
Not since 1984, when Environmental Protection Agency agent Walter Peck shut down the high voltage laser collection system at the Ghostbusters headquarters in downtown New York City have we seen such idiocy from the EPA. Me on the Watchdog on Wall Street Radio Show December 12, 2009 The Environmental Protection Agency has ruled in an […]
There is a very attractive new option for employer sponsored retirement plans that will become available next year. The DB(k) will provide businesses with 500 or fewer employees an opportunity to provide a strong retirement plan for their employees with a lot less paperwork, hassles and cost than a traditional pension plan. The DB(k) is […]