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As life expectancy continues to increase, the burden of both financially and physically caring for aging parents is one of the most important and pressing issues for adult children that exists today

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Jackass Investing: Interview With Michael Dever

by Aaron Katsman on November 17, 2011

I recently had the opportunity to interview Michael Dever, author of the very successful book Jackass Investing: Don’t do it. Profit from it (Ignite LLC).The book challenges conventional investing wisdom and has created a lot of buzz in the investing world.

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Investors: Do You Make These Common Mistakes?

by Aaron Katsman on November 10, 2011

Many individual investors believe that when they read an article about a particular company, they now possess information that is not widely known.

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Today I would like to look at international stocks as an option. International stocks? For many investors just the words ‘international stocks’ raises a red flag.

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Retirement Income: Are Non-Traded REITs a Solution?

by Aaron Katsman on October 27, 2011

NTRs have become popular because of the high level of income that they distribute, usually in the 7% range.

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Investing in Israel: Ingenuity vs. The Economy

by Aaron Katsman on October 21, 2011

The very successful book Start-Up Nation: The Story of Israel’s Economic Miracle (New York, 2009) certainly made the case for why Israel has flourished, against all odds, economically

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Mimic Your Way to a Secure Retirement

by Aaron Katsman on October 11, 2011

Investors love to try and discover undervalued stocks that no one has ever heard of. In fact as a financial advisor, clients often call me up asking for investment ideas

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Sharp Market Selloff: What Now?

by Aaron Katsman on October 6, 2011

Earlier this week the S&P 500 index(SPY) dropped into bear market territory-defined as a fall of 20%. Year to date Emerging market (EEM)indices are off over 30%,

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Buy Low and Sell High: US Real Estate?

by Aaron Katsman on September 22, 2011

Buy low and sell high. We are generally reminded of that old investing refrain when we make a bad stock pick and end doing the opposite, sell low.

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Blow the ‘LID’ off your retirement

by Aaron Katsman on September 15, 2011

They tend to prescribe “one-size-fits-all” retirement solutions, when by definition, retirement solutions need to be personalized.

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