Longstanding Advocate for Women
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Wise and Congruent Thinking
I’m back to congruent thinking again. A few surprising events had caused me to rethink my mission and my message in light of these economic times. I was led to some audio CDs that I’d gotten no less than 10 years earlier and I listened to them yet again. Funny how the angels, the Holy Spirit, and/or our own subconscious mind lead us to what we need at just the right time, isn’t it? I’m grateful for that guidance! And I’m grateful to the wisdom that urges me to listen and take action too.
My 88-Year-Old Aunt Riding the Waves
Hi everyone! Just back from entertaining three of my aunts whom I grew up with in Western PA as well as my Mom, my sister, and my cousin (daughter of one aunt in attendance), at my Florida condo. It's a tiny little condo, mind you, yet we all made do, sleeping on the 3 beds, plus blow up mattresses and I chose to sleep on the chaise lounge on the deck, my favorite place! I had suggestions of tourist attractions, yet at the end of the day, they simply wanted to sit on the beach, eat out, and take in some wonderfully discounted shopping. (Ok, we also frequented Steak-n-Shake a lot, too!)
Tax Day Reliefs!
Well the only good thing about a stock market decline is that we owe LESS taxes on the earnings...ahem, I mean on the lack-of-earnings. In fact, it gets better. We can (and should) take up to $3,000 of losses over and above those which offset our capital gains, as a tax loss.
Women of Strength
Here I am on the right, with Abby Carter, esteemed author of Alchemy of Loss, a brilliant book depicting Abby's loss of her husband Aaron Dack in the World Trade Center tradegy on September 11th, 2001 and her many victories in living through her pain, and that of her children. Somehow Abby adeptly weaves humor into the book such that it is not only readable, everyone I've given a copy to describes it as an absolute page turner, often reading it in one sitting, because of it's power and passion.
Fighting Fears of Becoming a Bag Lady in a Failing Economy
Many women fear becoming a bag lady in this troubled economy and are searching for ways to spend less to better ensure their money lasts as long as they do.Because we cannot control the economy or the stock and bond markets' rise or fall, we may be tempted to live our lives as if this current state of contraction would last our lifetimes. Surely it will not.
I am convinced of Governor Corzine's commitment to [...]
The Rest of the Story
Warren Buffet was quoted over the weekend saying the economy is in shambles and that it will last for the rest of this year. Not sure that’s news, yet it’s surely captured headlines. In fact, Buffett may have needed (he surely wanted) to refocus some of the VERY negative spot light on him, given that his investments, including Berkshire Hathaway suffered the worst year in it’s history, by a VERY large margin. Don’t get me wrong, I like Warren Buffet, yet I’m NOT sure this is a time for him to be spouting off; perhaps he should stick to his knitting.
Mind-Bending Rebar Iron
Yes, you read right. I partnered with my Internet marketing guru, Michael Tasner, at a business development conference in San Francisco. We stood 6 feet apart, rested each end of a 6 foot long Rebar Iron bar in the soft spot located in the front of our throats, just under our adam's apple. We looked into each other's eyes, and concentrated on both our current power, as well as having drawn up former powerful images of ourselves by the instructor.
Don’t Get Duped by High-Yield Bonds
As much of the nation’s focus is on the soon-to-be-passed [...]
Speaking of Hogs …
I also read yesterday that one in five Americans aged 18-34 is obese! Yes, I have noticed the spread widening on Americans as we sidle up to yet our next buffet or super-sized fast food meal.
Pigs Get Fatter
Alex Rodriguez’s admission to steroid use from 2001-2003 yesterday was the latest example of tarnish and cheating and lying. Young? Not too young to cash the big checks! Stupid, yes, I’ll readily agree. Greedy? Check. Selfish? Surely. A hero? Not.
If Barack can do it, We (too!) can do it, Women!
If Barack Obama can defy the terrific odds of being raised by his grandmother instead of a nuclear family, graduate Harvard magna cum laude, become a community organizer in Chicago in 1985, serve Illinois as their Jr. Senator from 1996-2004, win their US Senate seat from 2005-2008, and later outsmart, outrun, and outfundraise Hillary Clinton to become the Democratic nominee, and ultimately win the prize of the United States of America's first black President, then we women can surely push past our resistance to learning about our money. By comparison...well there really IS no comparison, period.
Risk / Reward, NOT Rewards, Rewards, Rewards!
Bloomberg's morning's news reported that of 1,300 Wall Street executives canvassed about their 2008 bonuses, or lack thereof, 36% said they were disappointed in the amounts--expected more. Stop already!
Being Madoffed Renews Bag Lady Fears
The fear of becoming a bag lady is just that; a fear of losing everything in a heartbeat. This abject fear has generally been conjured up in terms of a woman becoming widowed or suddenly divorced. So enter being “Madoffed” as a new cause of a bag lady fear.
Watch Out for Covert Capital Gains
Hey all you smart mutual fund investors, listen up! Check your accounts on line now, or call your broker or investment company,to see if your fund issued any capital gains this month. That's right, even though your fund's value probably took a nose dive, there very well may have been trading in that fund throughout the year that could have resulted in a capital gain. Mutual funds distribute the bulk of such gains during December to their shareholders, so you COULD owe income tax on capital gains even though your fund is sporting a big fat loss, or even a mild-paunchy loss...
Only 2 More Days to Profit from your “Investment Dogs”
Don't miss out on the salve for our investment wounds! Uncle Sam shares in our investment pain, by allowing us to tax-deduct our investment losses, but you must act in the next two days, you heard it, by 4pm EST on Wed., December 31st.
If You’re Not in, Get in…
Hey ladies! Go to the recording of my teleseminar today onwww.blogtalkradio.com for some positive perspective on the markets and advice on staying the course to be eligible to reap the returns that the stock market has historically given.