I was pleased to see the Dow close above 20,000 for the first time ever. I still believe in the market. I've had a few very bad years...

I had one of my periodic meetings with my financial advisor today. We had a nice conversation about how the world has gone to hell in a ha...

It has been unseasonably cold this month. When I wake up on a damp, grey day like today, it's easy to imagine that I'm still livin...

I had one of my periodic meetings with my financial adviser today. Usually we just chit-chat about the market a bit and he makes a few rec...

Every time I have to deal with clients, I dream about passive income. Passive income is the Holy Grail. Wouldn't it be nice if a combi...

I looked at my calendar for July and it was already filled with vet appointments and doctor visits. When you add trips to the pharmacy to ...

Breakfast was definitely the high point of the day. It's still cold. There's still snow on the ground. And I'm still bundled u...

I had one of my periodic meetings with my financial adviser today. 2013 was a good year for investors, but we didn't spend much time p...

When Dot was in the water treadmill this afternoon, she momentarily seemed to become disoriented and forgot where she was. Even though the...

Dot gave me a scare this morning. As we were returning home from our morning walk, her rear leg gave out. I managed to catch her before sh...

I had another one of my periodic meetings with my financial adviser today. The guy is a technical analyst and it's taken me a while to...

We got lucky. There was a tremendous amount of rain and hail last night, but we didn't get hit by a tornado. Several nearby towns were...

The Dow Jones Industrial Average hit an all time high today. Unfortunately, my own portfolio is still nowhere near its all time high. This...

I'm trying to think of some intelligent questions to ask my financial advisor tomorrow when we have our quarterly meeting. I'm sur...

I met with my financial advisor today. I know that I gripe and complain about this guy occasionally, but basically I still think he's ...