Reviewed by: Ralph Bender, MBA, CFP® Medal rating: Gold Medal “We already talked about it.” “No, we didn’t. This is the first I’ve heard about it.” “After Karen & Jim’s party last week, we talked about it. You agreed.” Does this conversation sound familiar? Sure,...
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A Decade of Calm Julys
We just finished the longest bear (down) market since Elvis’ “Jailhouse Rock” was a top hit. (That was 1957-58.) How did we finish a bear market? As a reminder, a bear market is a drop of more than 20% from a recent highwater mark. From January through October last...
The Hiding Place
Young and old, poor and rich, scholarly gentlemen and illiterate servant girls—only to father did it seem that they were all alike. That was father’s secret: not that he overlooked the differences in people; that he didn’t know they were there.
Path Lit by Lightning; the Life of Jim Thorpe
Title: Path Lit by Lightning; the Life of Jim Thorpe Written by: David Maraniss Review by: Ralph Bender, MBA, CFP® Growing up in the Pocono Mountains of Northeastern Pennsylvania, I knew of Jim Thorpe not as the world’s greatest athlete but as a little town in the...
Inside a Marathon: An All-Access Pass to a Top-10 Finish at NYC
If you never heard of Scott Fauble or Ben Rosario, you probably don’t pay attention to Americans competing in the world’s major marathons.
Bottle of Lies; the Inside Story of the Generic Drug Boom
Most people think that a generic drug is identical to the brand name which their doctor prescribes…
Capitalism in America; a History
In this era of populist opinion and protectionist rhetoric, everyone should understand what about America we must protect…
A man on the Moon
Approaching the 50th anniversary of Neil Armstrong‘s first steps on the lunar surface…
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Killing the Rising Sun
Bill O’Reilly usually irritated me when he was on the air, so I did not jump to read any of his “Killing” series of books.