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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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Guy L. Bassini, CFP® |
Friday, February 16, 2024
This Presidents’ Day I am chucking precedent and recognizing the achievements of Eleanor Roosevelt. In 1945, President Harry Truman appointed the former first lady to the United States delegation to the newly created United...
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Guy L. Bassini, CFP® |
Friday, February 2, 2024
Fed chairman Jerome Powell surprised investors, but I don’t know why. Powell is engaged in a tug-of-war with the federal government. Remember, the Fed has more than one means to stimulate or slow the economy. One is by raising...
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