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.
James Taranto of The Wall Street Journal’s Best of the Web daily feature put this priceless comparison together. A blogger called “bkm” has come forth with one of the most inventive insights of the 2004 campaign: John Kerry may actually be C-3PO, the neurotic, English-sounding metallic droid, who by the way served in the Clone […]
When I first visited Rome I set off to one of its most famous attractions, The Trevi Fountain. The Trevi legend says that if you toss a coin into the fountain over your shoulder you will one day return to the eternal city. Personally, I am not much for wishing wells but rather than risk […]
At the conclusion of my October 31st radio show I received an e-mail with an advance copy of an article that was to be published in Barron’s magazine. The article, Hedged Bets, by Suzanne McGee proceeded to bring my blood to a slow boil. It was my fault. Saturday at 10:00 AM ET my work […]
Infomercials drive me nuts. However, they must be working somewhere because they now are on television 24/7. One of the longest running and ever annoying infomercials out there is the “Set it…and forget it” rotisserie oven. This irritating man wearing more make-up than a circus clown, spewing his nonsensical drivel that by using his magic […]
Infomercials drive me nuts. However, they must be working somewhere because they now are on television 24/7. One of the longest running and ever annoying infomercials out there is the “Set it…and forget it” rotisserie oven. This irritating man wearing more make-up than a circus clown, spewing his nonsensical drivel that by using his magic […]
You take the blue pill, the story ends…you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill, you stay in wonderland and I’ll show you how deep the rabbit hole goes. Morpheus in the film “The Matrix” During this past month’s spectacular media meltdown I sat and […]
We at the Markowski Monthly in our endless quest to create wholesome family entertainment have decided to issue an updated version of the board game Clue. In our brand new modern version of this classic board game you must use the clues available to figure out who created the fraudulent Texas Air National Guard memos, […]
John Kerry penned an op-ed piece in the Wall Street Journal this past month and said this… “I would promote private-sector innovation policies, including the elimination of capital gains for long–term investments in small business start-ups.” How does a start-up have long-term capital gains? If anyone can make sense out of this statement, please let […]
The business press and ever useless network news has once again covered up another colossal scandal with one of their darling top advertising sponsors Citigroup/Smith Barney. The sovereign country of Japan has ordered Citigroup to shut down their financial planning offices and get out of the country. One of America’s largest brokerage firms has been […]
The World Bank issued a report this past month that showed an ever widening gap between rich and poor nations on the quality of businesses regulation. The report found that New Zealand, followed closely by the United States were the easiest to start and operate businesses. Of the 20 countries where ridiculous and excessive regulation […]
I told you that a big Microsoft dividend was coming. Microsoft may be the first of the technology companies to step up to the plate, but I have a suspicion they will not be the last. Currently, there are numerous technology companies sitting on a record amount of cash. In the most recent quarter, S&P […]
This past month, Jonathan Clements of the Wall Street Journal wrote an interesting piece regarding financial independence. Many of the points he made in his article were quite similar to many of the sentiments I try to get across on the radio show. His premise was that financial independence and freedom are goals that everyone […]