Every organization has numbers that they need to meet. Some refer to them as goals. Others refer to them as objectives or targets. One guy referred to them as "glass balls" one …
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Mc’Donalds Vision of the Future
I have four young boys that love Happy Meals. For that reason, I've become quite familiar with the McDonald's (MCD:NYSE) service model. According to the conference call …
CORPORATE WORDS WEDNESDAY 4/26/17
I hope that, one day, there is a law passed to eliminate the use of corporate jargon given the impact on the environment. It is clearly a pollutant. If you think that is going too …
THE AFTER HOURS TRADING CIRCUS
The normal trading day on Wall Street goes from 9:30 AM to 4:00 PM. There is , however, extended hours trading, which includes pre market and after hours trading. Pre-market is …
BACK DOOR ROTH CONVERSION GONE WRONG
There are many different accounts available to save money for retirement : 401k, Traditional IRA, Roth IRA, Custodial IRA, SEP IRA, SIMPLE IRA and more. It is important to consult …
What Madoff Did – Part 3 – Conclusion
A Ponzi scheme comes to an end when there is not enough money coming in to pay back the people that are taking their money out. The 2008 financial crisis caused enough people to …
What Madoff Did -Part 2
An apple rots from the core. Eventually, the whole apple is bad. And so it was with Bernie Madoff, hereafter appropriately referred to as "BM". BM was the rotten core but …
Corporate Words Wednesday 4/5/17
"Boil The Ocean" I only heard this once on a conference call. I actually like it but I'm still going to poke fun at it. We're not trying to "boil the ocean" is how it was used. …
What Madoff Did – Part 1
If the people from Enron are considered "The smartest guys in the room", then Bernie Madoff is definitely the "The biggest pig in the pen". Maybe the dirtiest too! The numbers …
Reverse Mortgages
RESOURCE: NRMLA CONSUMER GUIDE I've seen this same commercial many, many times for reverse mortgages and it features none other than Arthur Fonzarelli aka The Fonz!!!!! If the …
The Wash Sale Rule – Part 2
Related Post The Wash Sale Rule - Part 1 Ok ,so we know that there is a 61 day period of time that we need to pay attention to and we know that we can not buy back securities that …
Corporate Words Wednesday
There a very few things I dislike more than a little corporate lingo. When people would talk about "crystallizing" and " getting granular", I sometimes couldn't remember if I were …