A Key to the Financial Planning Lock: “Off With Your Head!” Alice thought to herself, “Then there’s no use in speaking.” The voices didn’t join in this time, as she hadn’t spoken, but to her great surprise they all thought in chorus (I hope you understand what thinking in chorus means-for I must confess […]
Knowledgeable Pinheads and Sneaky Pickpockets make the Economic Universe Let’s go back to the beginning…the very beginning. All matter was gold until the great explosion sent gold pieces hurling into deep space. When the stars and planets formed though they were not just made of gold and land but combined with labor and capital. And […]
Europe is on the brink. They’re goin’ down. No wait. They can contain it. We’re okay for now. Gee, it’s only Greece. No wait. It may spread to Spain and Italy. Everyone watches and tries to gage where this is all going. The markets are pacified one day and panicked the next. What everyone knows […]
It’s official. The financial markets have been diagnosed with bipolar disease. Wildly down one day and then up the next (or even during the same day). Everyone wants to know whether consumers will have the confidence to keep buying anything and everything they can find. One day it seems we will keep buying and buying […]
The History of the Future of Money (Part I) Before this Little Piggy went to market, there was a big ol’ hairy Rat that took all his money and started a race. This was a grand race, called the It-diderod which most everyone called by the diminutive of It. The further that the race progressed, […]
Belief in the Illusion that is Money There is movie called “Catfish.” The movie is in the style of a documentary where the filmmaker’s attempt to delve into the life of an eight-year old painter only to find out that the whole thing was manufactured online by the girl’s mother. The mother turns out to […]
Reach out and search faith Your own personal Google Someone to hear your pursuit Someone who cares Feeling unknown and you’re all alone Flesh and bone by algorithm Lift up the receiver, I’ll make you a believer Take second best, put my engine to the test Things on your chest that we need to confess […]
In Part I, we compared the body and the economy as integrated systems where everything affects and is related to each other. This means that economists and physicians have to understand their field from a holistic point of view. One of the biggest mistakes of the Financial Meltdown of 2008 was the government allowing Lehman […]
If you happened to have checked out the Resources Section of this website, there are a number of ways to check into alternative currencies. I also mention The Future of Money by Bernard Lietar in the Books Section of the Resources tab. You could also start exploring alternative currencies by checking out Thomas Greco’s website […]
Around twenty years ago, I started out in the financial services industry. While my goal was to become a Certified Financial Planning practitioner, I had to go through the courses and pass that exam in order to start my own firm. In the meantime, I started learning the ropes while hoping at the time that […]