New Orleans: Five Years After Katrina
By Benjamin C. Sullivan, CFP®
August 9, 2010
For decades, residents of the City That Care Forgot languished in impoverished communities with failing schools and high crime rates. All the while, people enjoyed a leisurely life in the Big Easy. In August 2005, Mother Nature attempted to destroy both. Now, only one of these cities can survive. A Different Type of City New Orleans: Third [...]
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August 9, 2010
For decades, residents of the City That Care Forgot languished in impoverished communities with failing schools and high crime rates. All the while, people enjoyed a leisurely life in the Big Easy. In August 2005, Mother Nature attempted to destroy both. Now, only one of these cities can survive. A Different Type of City New Orleans: Third [...]
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Business Breakups Needn’t Be Difficult
By Shomari Hearn, CFP®, EA
June 4, 2010
Business partnerships, like marriages, can end in “divorce.” Whether you exit with an equitable share of the business and intact relationships with your partners depends on proper planning. Suppose you and your close friend establish a niche service business as equal owners. You provide the capital to get the company off the ground, while your partner [...]
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June 4, 2010
Business partnerships, like marriages, can end in “divorce.” Whether you exit with an equitable share of the business and intact relationships with your partners depends on proper planning. Suppose you and your close friend establish a niche service business as equal owners. You provide the capital to get the company off the ground, while your partner [...]
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Republicans See More Leverage Next Year
By Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
April 5, 2010
Editor’s Note: This article was adapted from columns that appeared in the Current Commentary section of our Web site, www.palisadeshudson.com, on Feb. 17 and Feb. 24. We invite readers to subscribe to our daily commentaries via email and Twitter, and to submit responses online or via email to sentinel@palisadeshudson.com. Despite the problems stemming from the one-year [...]
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April 5, 2010
Editor’s Note: This article was adapted from columns that appeared in the Current Commentary section of our Web site, www.palisadeshudson.com, on Feb. 17 and Feb. 24. We invite readers to subscribe to our daily commentaries via email and Twitter, and to submit responses online or via email to sentinel@palisadeshudson.com. Despite the problems stemming from the one-year [...]
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Obama’s New Deal for Blacks in America
By Shomari Hearn, CFP®, EA and ReKeithen Miller
October 2, 2008
Barack Obama’s overwhelming support among African-Americans may seem like an exercise in blind faith or racial pride, but policy, not skin color, is driving this enthusiasm. Obama’s campaign positions speak directly to the everyday issues that low- and middle-income African-Americans face. His initiatives address their personal difficulties with poverty, unemployment, crime, credit and the effects on [...]
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October 2, 2008
Barack Obama’s overwhelming support among African-Americans may seem like an exercise in blind faith or racial pride, but policy, not skin color, is driving this enthusiasm. Obama’s campaign positions speak directly to the everyday issues that low- and middle-income African-Americans face. His initiatives address their personal difficulties with poverty, unemployment, crime, credit and the effects on [...]
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Revisiting The Clear Channel Deal
By Eric Meermann, CFP®, AVA, EA
June 1, 2008
It must be summer: Shareholders of Clear Channel Communications are voting, once again, on whether to accept a buyout of their company. The deal was on its deathbed, tied up in litigation in two states, before the company, its would-be buyers and the buyout firms’ lenders agreed to share the pain and move ahead. It remains [...]
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June 1, 2008
It must be summer: Shareholders of Clear Channel Communications are voting, once again, on whether to accept a buyout of their company. The deal was on its deathbed, tied up in litigation in two states, before the company, its would-be buyers and the buyout firms’ lenders agreed to share the pain and move ahead. It remains [...]
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Worst-Case Scenario Is Not Pretty
By Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
April 1, 2008
America and the world have a lot to lose if we exhaust other countries’willingness to fund our borrow-and-spend tendencies. Already, the huge volume of money that Washington and other governments printed in recent years is driving up demand for commodities well beyond the capacity of [...]
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April 1, 2008
America and the world have a lot to lose if we exhaust other countries’willingness to fund our borrow-and-spend tendencies. Already, the huge volume of money that Washington and other governments printed in recent years is driving up demand for commodities well beyond the capacity of [...]
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Clients, Colleagues Foster 15 Years Of Growth
By Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
January 1, 2008
It was gray and snowy January day, 15 years ago, when I lugged a computer and an unassembled desk into a converted movie house to start my business. And it was very, very quiet. No more commuter train to Manhattan; I could walk to work from our Westchester co-op. No throng in the lobby of a [...]
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January 1, 2008
It was gray and snowy January day, 15 years ago, when I lugged a computer and an unassembled desk into a converted movie house to start my business. And it was very, very quiet. No more commuter train to Manhattan; I could walk to work from our Westchester co-op. No throng in the lobby of a [...]
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Retiring On The Backs of Young Workers
By Anna K. Pfaehler, CFP®
January 1, 2008
Generation Y just stepped into the work force, and we’re already thinking about retirement — not our own so much as that of the baby boomers. How can we support a growing multitude of retirees and ourselves at the same time? Under the current Social Security system, it is not possible. To most members of [...]
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January 1, 2008
Generation Y just stepped into the work force, and we’re already thinking about retirement — not our own so much as that of the baby boomers. How can we support a growing multitude of retirees and ourselves at the same time? Under the current Social Security system, it is not possible. To most members of [...]
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Ruling Further Separates Brokers, Registered Advisors
By Christopher A. Reynolds
January 1, 2008
In rejecting the so-called “Merrill Lynch Rule,” a recent federal appeals court decision has re-established traditional regulatory guidelines that afford more protection to investors. For years, some stockbrokers had attempted to blur the distinction between themselves and investment advisors, who have strict fiduciary duties to their clients. They succeeded for awhile, in part because of the [...]
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January 1, 2008
In rejecting the so-called “Merrill Lynch Rule,” a recent federal appeals court decision has re-established traditional regulatory guidelines that afford more protection to investors. For years, some stockbrokers had attempted to blur the distinction between themselves and investment advisors, who have strict fiduciary duties to their clients. They succeeded for awhile, in part because of the [...]
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Florida Schools’ Quest For Accountability
By ReKeithen Miller
October 1, 2007
Since the Florida Legislature enacted its accountability act for public schools in 1976, the state has searched for tools to keep schools honest. The result is reliance — some would say an over-reliance — on standardized tests. The 1976 act implemented statewide assessments that [...]
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October 1, 2007
Since the Florida Legislature enacted its accountability act for public schools in 1976, the state has searched for tools to keep schools honest. The result is reliance — some would say an over-reliance — on standardized tests. The 1976 act implemented statewide assessments that [...]
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