Checking Up On Your Charities
Today I was contacted by Woman 2 Woman Breast Cancer Foundation seeking a contribution. They had a compelling message, which is listed on their website. It says that they provide…
Posts by Bill Ramsay
Top 10 Market Stories of 2011
As we look towards the New Year, we pause to reflect on all the events of the past 12 months. Financial Symmetry has covered several current events on our blog…
Incentives for Wellness
Changing Health Care Costs? As we pointed out in out our post on the cost of health care, getting healthcare costs under control is by far the number one thing…
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, Who’s the Fairest of them All?
Click to see data charts When it comes to investment markets, determining “The Fairest of them All” depends not just on where you are investing, but also on the initial…
Whither Housing?
As we saw with our last post, residential construction is far and away the biggest economic problem for the US right now. So it only stands to reason that the…
Why aren’t there more Jobs?
This is a good look at some major components of the US economy over the last 16 years. There are a few insights that are particularly meaningful in understanding why…
The Confidence that comes from Experience
Recently we’ve been asked how we can be confident about investing when the world seems so uncertain. It’s because we’ve been through rough times before, which helps us understand that…
Risk Capacity: What it is and Why we use it
The primary purpose of measuring risk capacity and applying it to an investment strategy is to prevent being forced to sell low. In other words, we want to prevent short term…
Is It The End of the World?
Probably not, even though it may feel like it. What’s Going On The financial markets have been hit with a steady barrage of negatives. Europe is still struggling to address…
Our Healthcare Costs vs. The Rest of the World
As most people know, healthcare costs have been rising much faster than other areas of our economy for decades. The chart below demonstrates what will happen to federal spending levels…
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