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Islamorada Sunset

Happy Thanksgiving from Dick and Debbie Gratitude Keeps Your Heart Healthy Taking the time to focus on what you are grateful for is not only good...

The Rising Costs of Thanksgiving

Every year the Farm Bureau puts out a report on the price of Thanksgiving dinner. This year, no surprise, the price of Thanksgiving has increased...

This is why Pfizer is Spending $155 Billion on Botox

Pfizer, the makers of Viagra have agreed to buy Allergan, the makers of Botox for $155 billion. It sounds like destiny. Pfizer isn’t buying...

Goodbye Connecticut

Over the weekend a client emailed me an article about Connecticut’s Borgeson Universal Co. It produces steering components and has operated in Torrington, Connecticut since...

RIP Richard Russell

The publisher of Dow Theory Letters has passed away at the age of 91. Richard Russell worked right to the bitter end. Even in...

What We’re Reading 11-23-2015

Elizabeth Warren's Tax Warning - WSJ Argentina Shifts Right - The Guardian Why Housing Hasn't Lifted the Economy Much - WSJ Reining in a Sprawling Federal Reserve...

How High Can Interest Rates Go?

The Fed released the minutes from its latest policy meeting on Wednesday. The minutes are usually a snooze-fest. They tell the public about the...

These are America’s Most Competitive States

The Tax Foundation has released its 2016 State Business Tax Climate Index. Here are the 10 best and the 10 worst states according to...

Smart Money Bailing on Stocks

What’s the smart money been doing with their money this year? Other than losing a lot of it (see hedge fund hotels Sun Edison...

Stock Market Beauty Contest: Part II

You know from Part I that this stock market is a beauty contest. Five companies account for two-thirds of the returns year-to-date for the S&P...