Amazon.com says e-books have begun out-selling hardcover and paperback books combined. Climate titles that don't have an e-book edition are now at a serious disadvantage.
Inflation that affects the entire economy originates with government action.
Price increases that arise from temporary imbalances between supply and demand in specific product markets are not examples of general inflation.
If bad weather or other factors reduce the yield of...
Climate skeptic pages on Facebook have recently been targeted. Our posts were alleged to be "abusive" and the ability to share them was temporarily blocked.
Most investors are not aware of a critical division of professionals in the world of financial services. This distinction lies between fee-only fiduciaries who are free to act in your best interests and commission-based agents and brokers who...
Investment Strategies Part 5: In Defense of Diversification
by David John Marotta
Diversifying your asset allocation among investments with a low correlation can and should reduce your portfolio’s volatility and boost your returns. But critics are claiming this strategy is...
A Full Credit Lockdown
(2009-07-13) by David John Marotta
In my first job teaching computer science, someone stole my wallet off my desk during my office hours. Although I canceled all my credit cards, the thief used them around town,...
Investment Strategies Part 3: Rebalance Regularly Between Asset Classes and Subcategories
by David John Marotta
The investment metric correlation helps you continually take your gains off the table for safe spending. And it helps you determine what constitutes an asset...
Investment Strategies Part 2: Use Correlation to Define Asset Classes
(2009-06-01) by David John Marotta
To boost returns and protect your investments, you can use the investment metric called correlation. It will rebalance your portfolio at three levels of investment...
Achieving Family Harmony in Estate Planning Part 2: Make Sure Your Plan Fits Your Unique Needs
by David John Marotta
Estate planning must begin with family harmony as the goal. Thus personal dynamics are more important than avoiding probate and...
Twitter, barely three years old, is being touted as a takeover target by the rumor mill fueled by every media outlet in North America. The unsubstantiated rumors claim that Apple is planning a $700 million cash buy-out for the...
EBay is finally making plans to unwind itself from Meg Whitman’s appalling and astronomically expensive decision to acquire Skype. At the time of the acquisition’s announcements, the financial media, while showing surprise, did little to clarify why such a...
Social Security 5: File and Suspend for Soon-to-Be Widowed Homemakers
(2009-03-30) by avid John Marotta and Matthew Illian
Our own death or the death of a loved one can be difficult to face. But mortality is one of the most...
In the last week, the Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve each announced a major policy initiative for the stated purpose of reversing our economic woes. Don’t hold your breath.
The Treasury’s gambit is a proposed public-private partnership to remove...
As CEOs beg for Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) handouts, the new corporate mantra is, maintain shareholder trust. Easy to say, that's much easier said than done in this economy.
All Congress and White House promises of oversight on the...
General Motors, having sucked up $9.4 billion of taxpayer cash since Christmas, now desperately craves the remaining $4 billion authorized by President Bush for disbursement in February.
And come March, once that new money has disappeared down the Detroit drain...
Safeguard #6: Recognize and avoid financial hooks
(2009-02-16) by David John Marotta
To safeguard your money, you must be able to extricate yourself from any bad investment quickly. Of course, the companies that sell mistakes don't want you to be...