Wealth Management Potpourri

Good choices are the recipe for financial and investing success. Unfortunately our brains need some training and re-wiring.

My parents told me that “watched pots never boil”. Will that happen with our inflation worries, Philip Brewer has some cautions about the CPI and differentiates it from inflation.

The current unemployment numbers are scary. It is not uncommon that unemployment numbers increase even after the economy starts to recover. It is often reported that the broader unemployment number is much worse. Worse than what is the question.

The current health care reforms in Congress a getting a lot of attention these days. Unfortunately the foundations of the financing for it are built on sand. Tax history shows what you tax goes away quickly.

Unemployment numbers slow their growth.

More “green shoots” for Housing. If the trend continues the economic numbers should also see improvement soon.

The best-laid plans for retirement sometimes don’t pan out according to this WSJ post. Flexibility needs to be brought into each financial plans for unintended detours.