by Rich Colman | Apr 12, 2013 | Articles
Many of the recent news reports indicate home price increases across the country, especially in areas hit the hardest such as the southwest. Mortgage payments are now more reasonable in comparison to rising rents. This produces a perception of affordability for...
by Rich Colman | Apr 7, 2013 | Articles
When a former White House Budget director who famously never balanced the federal budget suddenly claims to have special powers to forecast a major economic crisis, it’s hard to understand why anybody pays attention. But recently David Stockman, who served as...
by Rich Colman | Apr 7, 2013 | Articles
The investment markets offer no guarantees; you lay your money on the table and take your chances. In the first quarter, those who placed their bets that U.S. stocks would enhance their wealth – plus, of course, those of us who stayed the course with our...
by Rich Colman | Apr 2, 2013 | Articles
With the resolution of the Cypriot banking crisis, the US sequestration reducing expenditures by $80 billion and moving the debt ceiling reckoning months in the future, the path our politicians are taking is quite apparent. Rather than coming together for a grand...
by Rich Colman | Mar 24, 2013 | Articles
The Republic of Cyprus, with a population of just over 1 million people (slightly more than the city of San Jose, CA) would seem an unlikely place to trigger a global financial crisis. The island nation in the eastern Mediterranean Sea is divided by a U.N.-monitored...
