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Haddon B. Libby
Jan 26, 20213 min read
The Income Gap
In my December 10th article “A Grim Holiday Season” pointed out how more than one in five Coachella Valley residents is unemployed. ...
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Haddon B. Libby
Nov 16, 20203 min read
The Tina Effect
The Tina Effect relates to investments refers to periods when there is a lack of satisfactory alternatives to an investment that is less...
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Haddon B. Libby
Nov 16, 20203 min read
Bankruptcy Types
With massive closures of small businesses in the Coachella Valley and around the United States because of the pandemic, an increase in...
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Haddon B. Libby
Nov 16, 20203 min read
Building an Equity Portfolio
When investing in equities, it is best to set up some parameters before you start investing. As an example, someone who is in their...
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Haddon B. Libby
Aug 26, 20203 min read
Amend and Pretend
With every day that the pandemic continues, more and more businesses fail. According to BankruptcyData.com, Chapter 11 bankruptcies are...
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Haddon B. Libby
Aug 12, 20204 min read
Bull Market in a Bear Economy
Last time that we checked, the world was at the beginning of a deep recession caused by a pandemic that killed some and left others...
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Haddon B. Libby
Jul 2, 20203 min read
Mid-Year Point
It is hard to believe but 2020 is half over. Where the first quarter of 2020 was the worst for stocks in history, the second quarter was...
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Haddon B. Libby
Feb 20, 20203 min read
Techceleration
For those saving for retirement, it is a lot easier to invest with optimism (or caution) if we can make our decisions on reason-based...
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Haddon B. Libby
Feb 14, 20203 min read
Who Pays the Lowest Tax Rates?
Originally published in CV Weekly Those of us who live in California choose the state as our home because of the wonderful lifestyle that...
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Haddon B. Libby
Jan 15, 20203 min read
Congress Improves Retirement Accounts
It may seem hard to believe but Democrats and Republicans passed bi-partisan reforms related to retirement accounts. Called the Setting...
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Haddon B. Libby
Jun 18, 20193 min read
INVESTOR WARNING: REG. BI
If you have a loved one with money invested through a bank or investment management firm, please share this article with them. Knowledge...
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Haddon B. Libby
May 14, 20193 min read
Zombie Frogs and Your Finances
Have you heard the fable about boiling a frog? Back during the 19th century, a fable circulated the world on how to boil a frog alive. ...
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Haddon B. Libby
Apr 23, 20191 min read
Is Market Getting Ahead of Itself
Even the best market prognosticators do not for certain what will happen tomorrow. When markets are as volatile as they have been of...
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Haddon B. Libby
Apr 2, 20192 min read
Predicting the Future
Want to know what may be in store for the U.S. economy and, ultimately, your wallet? Watch the ever-changing relationship between...
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Haddon B. Libby
Dec 12, 20183 min read
Rise of the Algos
Wild swings in the stock markets this year have been largely due to ‘algo’ trading. Never heard of this method of trading? Algo is short...
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Haddon B. Libby
Oct 3, 20183 min read
Death By Euphoria
“Bull markets are born of pessimism, grow on skepticism, mature on optimism and die of euphoria,” says John Templeton, founder of the...
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Haddon B. Libby
Mar 3, 20183 min read
The Gratification Monkey
How much money will you need in retirement? Opinions vary on this but a general rule of thumb is that you need no less than twelve times yo
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Haddon B. Libby
Feb 18, 20183 min read
Pink Sheets & Lipsticked Pigs
Given the volatility that has come upon the stock and bond markets in recent weeks, I would like to share with you a few tips that have serv
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Haddon B. Libby
Oct 30, 20173 min read
From our 4th Quarter Newsletter...
September is usually one of the worst months of the year when it comes to stock market performance. How then did this most recent September
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Haddon B. Libby
Jul 17, 20171 min read
First Half 2017 Newsletter
Click on the picture to read the Newsletter. What does a bearish flattening of the yield curve mean to your fixed income investments?...
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