Author Archives: Scott Dauenhauer CFP, MSFP, AIF
Do Interest Rates Have To Rise Soon?
Business Week recently ran a story with some astonishing facts about bond issuance and interest rates around the world, Bonds, Bonds Everywhere and Not a Drop to Yield. A few of those facts: “…yields on almost $20 … Continue reading
How Much Loss Can You Handle?
As the stock market continues its seemingly unstoppable rise, many have forgotten that it doesn’t always go up. Other than the Great Depression, I can’t recall a generation that has endured so much market volatility – but memories … Continue reading
Book Review: Steve Jobs
I listened to the audio book version of Walter Isaacson’s biography titled simply, Steve Jobs. I found myself listening every chance I could find – while doing dishes (which I actually volunteered to do just so I could … Continue reading
Sell In May Twist Annuity Strategy, Really Just April Fools
Send to Kindle What if I told you I had a no-risk, common sense method that would earn you an average of 12% annually, would you be interested? Of course you would, heck, now I’m interested. Doubling your money every … Continue reading
Fiduciary Fake Out
I take great pride in providing financial planning and investment advice on a fiduciary basis, so it pains me when I see the ‘fiduciary’ term abused. Reuters uncovered an arrangement last week between a few large custodians and … Continue reading
A Flawed Week – Gold & Econ
It has been quite a week for two distinct sets of groupies – gold and austerity bugs. Gold has dropped like a rock (or should I say, like a commodity) in the past week, continuing a general trend … Continue reading
Why Europe Could Survive Without The Euro
Send to Kindle Today I was reading a blog post by Tim Duy titled “When Can We All Admit The Euro Is An Economic Failure” where he gives a brief, but solid rundown of the worsening economic depression happening in … Continue reading