Alan MacDonald

Digging Up Your Carrots

We all like to think of ourselves as rational creatures who make the best possible decisions all...

Surefire Way to Riches?

Every once in a while, a piece of mail crosses my desk that promises a new, surefire...

We Know What We Should Do – And Then We Don’t

The human brain is a remarkable thing. Dr. Daniel Levitin, the New York Times best-selling author and neuroscientist...

Switching Gears: When Business Owners Become Investors

Many of our clients are business owners. These people are a hardy breed. Instead of opting for...

Why Do We Make This Investment Thing Harder Than It Needs To Be?

One of the things I’ve been hearing a lot of lately is people saying: “wow, the stock...

Diversification Works! Most of the Time…

Whenever you visit your financial advisor – or open up just about any book on investing worth...

Buy Your Dream Home for Just $13,000

Sound too good to be true? Well, you’re right. It is. At least, right now. But if you were...

Think You’re Not Taking a Risk? Think Again

The financial services industry has produced an endless variety of risk tolerance questionnaires, all in an effort...

The Biggest Winners in the Stock Market Don’t Exist Yet

I got started in the financial services industry in 1984. Back then, I couldn’t imagine being in...

The Opposite of Everything is True

A few years ago, I saw a great one-woman show by Jan Darbyshire. Jan is a prolific...
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