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What We Did on Our Summer Vacation

We did something we never really intended to do. Out of the blue, the Oakland Symphony Board posed this question ...
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Election Reflection

Nielsen estimates that 84 million Americans watched the first Clinton/Trump presidential debate, a new all-time record audience. The interest in ...
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Forrest Bell, CFP®
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Retiree Spending: Latest Research

Every year brings a fresh batch of research concerning the dynamics of retirement life. And this year, a number of ...
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Retirement and Self-Esteem

I’ve always been a groupie of certain comedians, including David Letterman for many years, and have recorded gobs of late ...
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The Year of the Wall

Since the 2016 presidential campaigns began over a year ago, there has been plenty of talk about walls — both ...
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Where Do You Find Fulfillment?

I don’t like the term “bucket-list.” I may be a bit prudish, but I prefer to think about life and ...
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The Healing Power of Forgiveness

. . . and why, I wonder, is there an -essay with this title in the Wall Street Journal? (3/31/16, ...
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Forrest Bell, CFP®
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Building Your Portfolio’s Stamina

In an interview late last year, the esteemed portfolio manager Matthew McLennan commented on the impressive performance of the U.S. ...
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Consider the Roller Coaster. . .

I was born with a sensitive stomach. Among my three siblings (I was the third of four), I was always ...
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