Category: The Opening Bell
American Consumers Get Great Deals from the Trade Deficit
In 2017 investors benefited from an unusually non-volatile market with consistent growth, but 2018 has been notably less euphoric. So …
Homeowners Insurance
On October 8, 2017, a fire began in Calistoga, California, that would kill 43 people and displace 100,000 others. Because …
How to Plan and Take a Vacation Even If You Are Unemployed
Who doesn’t love a vacation? The mere word, which means “planned time spent not working,” along with other descriptors such …
What About Umbrella Insurance?
What About Umbrella Insurance? Last month, the radio show Radiolab aired a story about the Benrath Senior Center in Dusseldorf, …
Trump Punishes Craft Beer
Thanks to the St. Patrick’s Day editorial page of the Wall Street Journal, I learned about American Keg in Pottstown, …
Is There Method in the Madness?
Most of you are familiar with our two Bell Investment Advisors blogs: one on career/life issues called Making a Good …
How About a New Year Filled with Resilience?
As you have probably heard — or experienced first-hand — the long-term success rate of New Year’s resolutions is pretty …
Long-Term Care
Some years ago, a client came to me concerned about his long-term care policy. He purchased the policy through CalPERS. …
Are You Guilty of Self-Induced Poverty?
Believe it or not, there is a new concern afoot that retired Americans are not spending enough money! This runs …