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Guy L. Bassini, CFP® |
Friday, April 12, 2024
Now that tax season is almost over, I have a prediction. The federal government will collect a lot more in taxes. This will not be because of any politician’s policies, but because interest rates are higher. Clients are paying more in...
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Guy L. Bassini, CFP® |
Friday, March 29, 2024
While having drinks at a hole-in-the-wall café, a friend said to me that “those greedy oil companies should stop charging so much for gas.” Knowing that she had just sold her house, I asked her if she had lowered the price. After all,...
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Guy L. Bassini, CFP® |
Friday, March 15, 2024
No, inflation is not caused by greedy corporations. Inflation is caused by too much money chasing too few goods. Of course, the possibility exists that corporations are schizophrenic, sometimes deciding to raise prices and sometimes...
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Guy L. Bassini, CFP® |
Monday, March 4, 2024
I do not know if it is I who does not understand politicians or if it is politicians who do not share my concerns. I am a financial planner. I want people to be able to save money for retirement. I believe that it is an injustice that...
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Guy L. Bassini, CFP® |
Friday, February 23, 2024
I have been thinking differently lately about the Dutch tulip mania of the seventeenth century. Yes, I know, that makes me a bit of a weirdo. Most people know of the tulip bubble from Charles Mackay’s Memoirs of Extraordinary...
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