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Yellen
February 17, 2014
Yellen\’yelln\n : verb 1.Southern for something Momma did a lot of when I didn’t do right 2. The first chairwoman in the history of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors of the United States of America. Janet L. Yellen is...The Imaginary Line
November 11, 2013
When I am interviewed by a potential new client, we talk about how I make decisions, think and work. During the discussion, I always talk about The Imaginary Line. I explain that there is this imaginary line, and on one side is the financial...The Art of Assessing Risk Tolerance
August 14, 2013
Measuring risk of an investment is mathematical. Measuring the risk tolerance of a human is art and experience. The biggest challenge of selling investment advice is the determination of a client’s risk tolerance. Financial advisors..."No Hiding Place? Unpleasesent thought: If Bonds revert to trend, bondholders will get hammered."
July 5, 2013
One of the most profound business decisions I made for my practice was to ‘go paperless’. It took quite an investment in technology and cultural change to make that work, but the payoff has been worth it. Before that time I...Yogurt, Apples and Banana Splits
May 10, 2013
The first TCBY Yogurt store I ever saw was in a shopping center on Rodney Parham Road in Little Rock. It was on my way home after work and can remember the line of customers flowing out the front door and down the sidewalk. “What...Archives
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