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There's no doubt about it: All of us are smarter than any one of us

By Richard Tyson When I was 22 years old, I was hired as the financial controller of a university. During my first week at work, I attended a meeting of the key officers of the institution. I was highly attentive to the issues discussed. Regarding one significant issue, I felt…

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Business Tech: Why Tiger Woods and your IT guy may have more in common than you think

By Mike Herrington Tiger Woods is an amazing athlete and one of the world’s most decorated golfers. Your IT guy is, well, ahem, less than athletic, perhaps. So what could Tiger Woods and your IT guy possibly have in common? The short answer is that their jobs are more similar…

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CFPB prepaid card rule again targets a product popular with the masses

By Veronique de Rugy Whenever innovation produces a new technology or product that benefits the masses, government bureaucrats inevitably try to smother it with excessive regulation. They often even have the gall to claim they are doing so for public benefit. Such is the case…

North Korea: A difficult testing ground for Trump's bellicose approach

By Fareed Zakaria Every American administration takes a while to settle into a basic approach to the world. Pres. Trump’s team has had a rockier start than most, with many important positions in every key agency still unfilled. More worrying, the administration’s basic foreign…

Spending your retirement savings: Some destinations are better than others

By Mark Lund You can probably envision how most of your retirement money will be spent. Much of it will be used on living expenses, healthcare expenses, and, perhaps, debt reduction. Beyond the basics, you will unquestionably reserve some of those dollars for grand adventures…

BUSINESS TECH: There are multiple approaches to backup and disaster recovery planning

By Mike Herrington Most businesses know that having a good backup of their company data is critical. However, most small and medium businesses don’t spend nearly enough energy doing strategic planning for disaster recovery. There are a lot of factors to consider to determine the…

Should the United States stop cooperating with - and financing - the OECD?

By Veronique de Rugy How would you feel if I told you that we taxpayers are spending millions of dollars every year to fund an army of bureaucrats who advocate higher taxes and bigger government around the globe? That’s exactly what the United States does when it sends its…

Trump Derangement Syndrome: Prez's policies aren't automatically wrong

By Fareed Zakaria I didn’t really believe that there was such a thing as Trump Derangement Syndrome — hatred of Donald Trump so intense that it impairs people’s judgment. It’s not that I didn’t notice the harsh, unyielding language against Donald Trump — I said a few tough…

How do you proceed when someone dies without a will?

By Mark K. Lund Every day, people die “intestate.” In legalese, that means they died without a will. This opens the door for the courts to decide what happens with their estates. When no valid will exists, state intestacy laws dictate how assets are distributed. These laws…

Another deadline on April 28 - Is the sky the limit for the debt ceiling?

By Veronique de Rugy When the national debt ceiling’s suspension was automatically lifted March 15, yet another countdown commenced. Congress will be compelled to raise the government’s borrowing limit again before April 28 and fund the government. Meanwhile, the Congressional…

Trump's Syria action is laudable, but one strike doesn't make a strategy

By Fareed Zakaria There is much to applaud in Pres. Trump’s decision to attack the Bashar Assad regime recently. It punished a regime that has engaged in war crimes against its own people. It upheld an international norm against chemical weapons. It ended Trump’s strange…

Too many people make these common, harmful estate-planning errors

By Mark Lund Many affluent professionals and business owners put estate planning on hold. Only the courts and lawyers stand to benefit from their procrastination. While inaction is the biggest estate-planning error, several other major mistakes can occur. The following blunders…

Compound interest: Applying exponential growth to cash - and to ‘KASH’

By Doug Andrew When I teach audiences across the country about the “Three Marvels of Wealth Accumulation,” I explain the principles the affluent have used for generations: 1. Compound interest, 2. Tax-favored accumulation, and 3. Safe, positive leverage. The first of these…

Business Tech: Bucking the trend: Is BYOD a workable and safe option for your business?

By Mike Herrington “Bring your own device” (BYOD) is a big trend in business technology, and while it has several advantages, there are also some pretty serious challenges associated with it that should be considered before jumping on the bandwagon. Let’s define BYOD a little…

If at first you don’t succeed, get back on the ‘repeal and replace’ horse

By Veronique de Rugy After the recent Obamacare repeal-and-replace bill debacle, Pres. Donald Trump and the House Republican leadership seemed ready to throw in the towel and give up on healthcare reform. Thankfully, a few days later, House Speaker Paul Ryan announced that…

Healthcare debacle may present Trump with a chance to get it right

By Fareed Zakaria The recent Republican debacle on healthcare could prove to be an opportunity. It highlighted, yet again, the complexity of America’s system, which continues to be by far the most expensive and inefficient in the advanced world. But Donald Trump could actually…

Self-employeds' perceptions that they will ‘work forever’ may be flawed

By Mark Lund About 20 percent of Americans age 65-74 are still working. A 2016 Pew Research Center study put the precise figure at 18.8 percent, and Pew estimates that it will reach 31.9 percent in 2022. That estimate seems reasonable. People are living longer and the labor…

Ever wonder where does cloud data ends up — and if it's secure?

By Mike Herrington Many business owners find themselves questioning where data that they send to the “cloud” actually goes — and, more importantly: Is that data secure? Cloud providers have redundancy and security that you don’t get if you leave your data on the server in your…

Leaders take ownership of their problems, and then they solve them

By Richard Tyson Pres. Harry S. Truman famously stated, “The buck stops here!” By so doing, he acknowledged that the role of U.S. president is inevitably wrapped up in owning and solving problems. Truman’s insight also applies to each of us in our role as leaders. Indeed,…

HR Matters: Rescuing refugees - or - Refugees to the rescue, Part 2

By Ron Zarbock If you’ve ever binge-watched the sitcom “Parks and Recreation” on Netflix, you may be familiar with a thing called “Galentine’s Day.” This holiday, celebrated the day before Valentine’s Day, was a day for women on the show to celebrate their friendships with other…

There’s nothing simple about hiding the burden of taxes

By Veronique de Rugy The deadline for filing federal income tax returns is approaching fast. While this is understandably a frustrating time for many, it’s also the one time during which many taxpayers are confronted with just how much of their earnings are captured by the…

The 60-day IRA rollover rule: Does it apply to your retirement savings?

By Mark Lund If you receive a distribution from your IRA or workplace retirement plan, what will you do with it? You will probably want to arrange an IRA rollover — a common and useful financial move designed to take these invested assets from one retirement account to another,…

Business Tech: There are 10 reasons to move to Office 365, and there are a few not to

By Mike Herrington There are a lot of reasons that most businesses should consider moving to Office 365 — and a few things to think about when making the jump. Office 365 can be a huge productivity boost for businesses, and has a lot of great features that can streamline their…

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