Not only do you have to think about the financial markets and financing your retirement, but there is the equally important question of if you are ready mentally and emotionally to retire. Are you ready to quit what you are doing? It is a pretty good bet that what you have been doing in your career is what identify you both to your peers and to yourself. You may dislike the expression “You are what you do”, but it is true and who you are is going to change significantly when you retire. Did you ever think about retirement beyond how...
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December has zoomed by faster than a speeding bullet. An apt analogy for Mexico, since the top two fears raised by my friends are the on-going drug wars and health care. Of course, there are serious drug wars in our state of Sinaloa, but they are not obvious in Mazatlan. Apart from the policemen’s AK47’s, we never see gangs, guns, knives or any devious drug deals. I’m sure, high in the hills of Mazatlan, some drug lord is laughing hysterically at my observations, as he pats his pit bull and sips on his single malt: but I don’t sense, or...
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Years ago in Sedona, Arizona, Soren and I contracted Red Rock Fever.  It’s not fatal, but it can cost you a bundle.  We were...
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Surveys have shown that as baby boomers approach the golden years of retirement many are, if not concerned, wondering how to approach their...
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