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How to Find the Best One-of-a-Kind Investments for You
By Dennis Miller Doctors cannot cure a patient in severe pain by pumping him full of painkillers; they need to accurately diagnose the root cause of the pain before treatment. Without an accurate diagnosis, it is nearly impossible to fix a problem, medical or otherwise. And the stakes are high:…
Death and Taxes: How Inevitable Are They Really?
By Dennis Miller With the advent of more and more anti-aging and life-extension R&D in the biotech field—a subject my colleague Alex Daley knows all about—death may not be as inevitable as we think. While I don’t believe that I will be among the lucky ones to reach a dainty…
Five Moves to Make Before 2014
By Dennis Miller While it’s tempting to slip into an eggnog stupor from Christmas Eve to New Year’s Day, there are five items we should all check off our to-do lists before the ball drops on 2014. Review your loss carryforward numbers. If you have any capital loss carryforward from…
How to Judge Your Financial Advisor
By Dennis Miller A friend of mine used to have three financial advisors whom he forced into competition. If one started underperforming, he would pull some money from him and give it to the other two. I’ve heard of similar strategies several times now. In some ways, it makes sense….
Gasoline: $1/Gallon
By Dennis Miller My children will never let me forget this: while on a Carter-era family vacation to Florida, I pulled into a gas station and abruptly drove off, announcing, “I’ll be damned if I will pay $1/gallon for gasoline.” With each passing mile on I-75, the prices got higher…
Can You Have Too Much of a Good Thing?
By Dennis Miller I have received numerous emails from subscribers asking about individual stocks and how much they should buy. While I am not licensed to give individualized advice, each time I read these questions, the experiences shared seem eerily similar to my own. , Back in 2008 many retirees…