February 24, 20191Comments

A Road Out of Card Hell or a Road to More Woe?: Television pitch for those desperately in debt

You’re hopelessly in credit card debt.You’re in so deep you’re considering bankruptcy. Wait a minute, did you know that you don’t have to pay it all back, a television announcer claims. There’s

by Gregory Bresiger

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February 17, 20190Comments

What I’m Reading

Title: “The Madoffs Among Us” Subtitle: “Combat the Scammers, Con Artists and Thieves Who Are Plotting to Steal Your Money” By William M. Francavilla, CFP, (Career Press, Newburyport, Mass, $15.99, 224 pages). If

by Gregory Bresiger

Personal Finance

January 30, 20190Comments

Some Cardholders Are Bourbon Kings: Have you learned nothing and forgot nothing about credit card debt and its dangers?

Here’s a reason why many people, starting out to manage money for themselves for the first time, need an advisor. The advisor can be, sometimes must be, a teacher who

by Gregory Bresiger

Personal Finance

January 21, 20190Comments

Active Fund Managers Say Their Time Has Come: Rocky markets mean their future is now, they say

Zero percent interest rates and low market volatility are gone and so is the case for passive investing in this new rocky market. Ignore these warnings, say active managers, at

by Gregory Bresiger

Personal Finance

January 19, 20190Comments

The Triumphs of a MoneySense Great: How one man changed Wall Street and improved the lot of millions of individual investors

Vanguard founder John Bogle, who just died, was a money maverick who made a lot of average people wealthier, thanks to his funds. This means many people were able to

by Gregory Bresiger

Personal Finance

January 19, 20190Comments

You Think You’re Paying for One Thing, but the Government Spends It Elsewhere

Taxpayers should get what they paid for and not something else. We pay taxes---do we ever! ---in advanced welfare democracies for certain programs, then the money goes elsewhere. Here in the

by Gregory Bresiger

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