August 11, 2026

Book Review | Aftershock: Protect Yourself and Profit in the Next Global Financial Meltdown by Wiedemer, Wiedemer, and Spitzer

I can’t recall who exactly recommended this to me when I first picked this up back in 2010 or 2011, but I do recall the cautionary note that they took as they described it and the author’s conclusions. The global recession had begun four years earlier, since which time I had just barely been able […]

Pension Reform: what’s your plan?

If New York, California, New Jersey, and Illinois were the answer a Jeopardy question, the  category might be “States that are in Trouble because of Pensions.” On the other end of the spectrum, there’s Utah, where other states, including Montana, are starting to look for answers to the pension problems in their budgets. Pensions, or, simply […]