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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 […]
The United Nations turned down a request from nine members of the U.S. Congress to assign international observers to the U.S. Presidential Election. The request came in letterform drafted by Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D) – Texas and signed by eight other members of the House. I cannot recall a time where I was so […]
life insurance. Aside from the ridiculously uninformed, commission hungry, and overly aggressive agents; there is a plethora of confusing jargon that reads like a foreign film screenplay. In the next few months in the Markowski Monthly we will be answering some of the most important and frequently asked questions regarding life insurance. DO I NEED […]
Fidelity Brokerage Services is being fined a $2 million fine by securities regulators to settle claims that its employees deliberately altered and destroyed branch-office records before internal inspections in 2001 and 2002. The SEC has found that Fidelity’s employee’s violated books and recordkeeping rules and the company failed to supervise employees who tampered with the […]