Category Archives: Professional Wednesday

The Australia School of Business, as part of the University of New South Wales, publishes a newsletter as part of the Knowledge @ Wharton network.  Here is a link to a current article that will fulfill your Professional Wednesday responsibilities: … Continue reading →

Saving more or saving less?  Retired folks usually describe themselves as being on a fixed-income.  Usually, it is the three-legged retirement stool: Social Security, personal savings and a pension.  Sometimes that third leg is not a fixed pension benefit, but … Continue reading →

The front page of The Old Farmer’s Almanac for 2012 declares that it contains a large number of Astronomical Calculations and…”a variety of new, useful and entertaining matter”.  The title of this post is also on the Almanac’s first page … Continue reading →

For Professional Wednesday on January 25th, I attended SEMINAR.  Notice I didn’t attend a seminar, I attended SEMINAR, a quick-witted play in one-act at the Golden Theater in New York City. Four graduate students fork over five thousand dollars each … Continue reading →

Professional Wednesday found me at the Monmouth-Ocean FSP Chapter’s educational session on reverse mortgages.  Reverse mortgages have been around since the 80′s and were looked on as the poor elderly homeowner’s last-ditch attempt to make ends meet by tapping the … Continue reading →

My Professional Wednesday was off to a good start in 2012 with a double-barreled program from the Monmouth-Ocean NAIFA chapter.  The topics were as diverse as the speakers: a local attorney provided an update on estate taxes and an actuary … Continue reading →

Did you know that there are 178 income tax deductions available to U.S. businesses? And business size doesn’t matter. These are equal opportunity deductions, Schedule C or a corporate return.  My Professional Wednesday activity was a brief foray into the … Continue reading →

Professional Wednesday came early when I attended an all day workshop Tuesday on Dynamic Communication. My friend Andrea Nierenberg asked me to assist her in this training session for a major insurance company with offices in Philadelphia.  Andrea uses the … Continue reading →

Life insurance is a unique product that can be fashioned and used in a variety of ways. Although I didn’t plan it that way, the Monmouth-Ocean Chapter of NAIFA sponsored an educational event last Wednesday on a subject near and … Continue reading →

I’ve been spending Wednesdays and other days taking advantage of the public library where there is quiet, WiFi and coffee.  I am researching grief for an article I hope to publish next year. Self-help books on grief are in abundance. … Continue reading →