“Selling Any Homes?” As almost everyone knows, “How are you?” is seldom a sincere inquiry into your well-being. Even if you’ve just been diagnosed with a terminal disease, the correct, Minnesota-nice answer is always, “Good, thanks.” In real estate, the equivalent is, “selling any homes?” Fortunately, most of the time I can enthusiastically answer “yes.”...Read More
That’s the Bearish Case?? Though gold performs well as a defensive asset in times of global economic strife, its long-term record is spotty. Over $1,040 an ounce is only a record if you leave inflation out of the picture. Factor that in and gold prices haven’t gotten near prices from the early 1980s. –Melinda Peer,...Read More
Coke Didn’t Make America Fat. —Wall Street Journal headline (10/8/09) Pressed for time? (and who isn’t) Then do what I do, as I hurriedly scan the Op-Ed pages (online and off) for the 8-10 pieces I want to “dig into” that day: 1. Read the headline;2. Jump to the byline at the end, to check...Read More
Resisting Treatment Imagine you had a medical condition, and sought advice from an expert. They told you that, while there was a tiny chance that you could spontaneously recover, in the vast majority of cases the condition was degenerative. Meanwhile, there was a medicine available that was 100% effective, albeit expensive. Would you take the...Read More
