Month: April 2015
Managing Your Investment Portfolio
As a former stock analyst, I often get questions about what stocks to buy or how to manage an investment portfolio. I am not going to recommend specific stocks in this blog because I believe there is already an overwhelming amount of financial advice on the web and because I no longer follow individual companies…
Galapagos
Our 2015 trip to the Galapagos was my wife’s choice. While I had an interest in the ecology and evolutionary history of the islands, my preferred vacation would have been more urban and more culturally focused. But both my wife and I found the Galapagos to be a spectacular trip. Never before had we been…
Downsizing
My experience indicates there are two times in the lives of many seniors when downsizing is most likely to be considered. The first occurs in one’s late 50s or 60s after the kids have left home and the second in one’s late 70s or 80s when care needs may dictate a move to a more…