At The Top of his Game
By Staff WriterWhen a person answers the "How are you?" of an unknown phone caller with "Well, not too bad for an old, fat guy," it doesn't...
July 01, 2002
Part II: Precious FewMutual funds are probably the best way for you and your clients to mine gold mining shares. Precious metals mining is a rough-and-tumble industry. Single-stock...
July 01, 2002
Flying LowVariable annuities have been selling like air conditioners in January. The market is down, returns are down, and there's precious little to attract buyers these...
July 01, 2002
When Good Employees Go BadI'm sure you've heard employee horror stories. Maybe you even have some of your own. Consider this one: A few years ago, one of my coaching...
July 01, 2002
Abar's Big AventureWho could blame Matt Abar for selling out to Advent? When you're 31 and are offered more than $11.5 million for your share in your...
July 01, 2002
In Independents We TrustIf we had conducted our survey of independent trust companies a decade ago, to receive a dozen respondents from a universe not much larger than...
July 01, 2002
Part I: Golden Opportunities?By crackey, I remember the days when you didn't even need to own a shovel or swish a tin pan to make money out of...
July 01, 2002
The New Real DealWith their high yields and low correlation to equity indexes, real estate investment trusts have maintained a certain conservative attractiveness in today's depressed stock market....