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Atlanta Constitution column-April 28, 2005

Posted by drdonecon on April 28, 2005

According to a column written for the Wall Street Journal by Arthur Leavitt, former chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, reducing guaranteed benefits in social security to fund individual retirement accounts is too risky for most individuals. 

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Atlanta Constitution column-April 20, 2005

Posted by drdonecon on April 20, 2005

As amazing as it seems, the stock market broke above 10,000 on the Dow for the first time in 1999.  This week, six years later, the market has had difficulty staying above that same level. 

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Atlanta Constitution column-April 13, 2005

Posted by drdonecon on April 13, 2005

We have just completed another painful tax cycle.  Personally, it was the most difficult filing I ever encountered. 

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Atlanta Constitution column-April 4, 2005

Posted by drdonecon on April 4, 2005

Have you wondered why analysts are arguing about bubbles?  Of course, we lived through a speculative equity bubble only a few years ago.  Even the young turks on Wall Street can remember that one. 

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