Posted On: November 2, 2020
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Pandemic lemonade: Take time off
An FA group out of SF is encouraging their Gen-X clients to consider a shift into Gap-Year mode during these helter-skelter times. Yep, the Advisory Group of San Francisco proclaims…
Posted On: October 12, 2020
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GUEST POST: Today’s thoughts come from our old mentor and friend, The Armchair Economist. It’s been a while, so we’re honored he’s back. His resume and accolades would not fit on our pages—nor even the…
Posted On: March 20, 2020
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During spring break last week, my daughter and I managed a BreakAway of sorts (more on that soon), and were enjoying a stroll down Santa Monica’s Third Street Promenade on Thursday. That’s just one week…
Posted On: December 7, 2019
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Black Friday 2019 enjoyed record sales of $7.4B in digital shopping alone. Cyber Monday: $9.4B, up 19% from 2018. And as for the anticipated shopping total this holiday season? A tidy $740B.
Black Friday—sounds ghoulish,…
Posted On: September 20, 2018
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After a long and self-indulgent break, the Spendology category is pleased to get off the recliner and return to the turf of BreakAway. And thus ends the good news—and the party. Because we are here…
Posted On: October 27, 2015
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“When I was young I thought that money was the most important thing in life;
now that I am old I know that it is.” ~Oscar Wilde
Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.…
Posted On: April 4, 2014
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Here’s my hot stock tip: Consider taking some money out of the market (especially your internet allocation) and take a getaway, a winter vacation, or a full-on BreakAway. If you’ve stuck with stocks for the…
Posted On: August 23, 2013
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You can’t toss a diploma anymore without hitting some media story about the plight of millennials. They can’t find decent jobs. They’re up to their mortar boards in debt. They’re moving back in with their…
Posted On: May 1, 2013
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The unusually cold May-Day skies were crying today—the last day I had the pleasure of teaching at College of Visual Arts (CVA).
After 89 years, this St. Paul arts school on historic Summit Avenue is…
Posted On: April 7, 2011
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38% are unemployed. 12% live at home with their parents. No, we’re not talking about some faraway third world nation, but rather, 20-somethings right here in the USA.
So much for free-market freedom
As usual,…
