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Written by Richard B. Wagner, JD, CFP®
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Thursday, 19 March 2009 11:41 |
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You have to admit, these have been strange times for money. Writing about money and our relationships with it has been challenging from the get go, of course, but who knew we would be entering a period of unprecedented crisis? When we initially launched the blog in the fall of 2007, we thought we understood what InsideMoney should look like. Things have changed a bit since then. Unfortunately, we did not know what was unfolding either in its particulars or its implications. As Tom Friedman observes in his New York Times column of March 11, 2009, "This is the big one."
The money forces have been manifesting urgently. To what end? Our crystal ball is still cloudy, but it is all fascinating. And befuddling. And terrifying.
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Written by Richard Colman
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Friday, 10 October 2008 16:41 |
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We are living the movie "It's a Wonderful Life."  You might recall the movie; it's about this wonderfully naïve George Bailey (imagine Ben Bernanke), who upon the death of his father (Alan Greenspan, even though he retired) is selected by the board of directors to run the family business.
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Written by Elizabeth Jetton
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Monday, 06 October 2008 21:31 |
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 Everyday I read another human interest story about the impact of the sub prime mortgage crisis, the multitudes of foreclosures, spikes in the number of new homeless; stories of extreme belt-tightening in the face of high gas and food prices. I will speculate that most of us have been hit with varying degrees of intensity, from mild awareness that our monthly “lifestyle tab” is up, to making dramatic changes to lifestyle; from going out to eat less, to staying in the home we’ve got rather than moving to the one we want.
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Written by Bill Eck
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Friday, 17 October 2008 18:02 |
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 Think of the last funeral you attended. What is the name of the person you were remembering?
When you think of that person, what do you admire in them? What impact did they have on you? What impact did they have on others, their family and our community?
What did you hear about them during this gathering, both at the service and at the reception between friends? List them.
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Written by Mike Ryan CFP®
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Monday, 06 October 2008 21:42 |
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 As outlined over the past several essays, the current credit crisis has its roots in the policies implemented since the Reagan administration that have promoted deregulation. Our society is very different than it was in 1979.
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Written by Mike Ryan CFP®
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Wednesday, 24 September 2008 19:50 |
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Henry Paulson made the right choice. Actually, he made the only choice available. Paulson decided to step in and recapitalize the lending agencies Fannie Mae and Freddy Mac. Failure to do so could have precipitated a total collapse in the U.S. housing market, resulting in a devastating effect on the world economy.
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