My Life as a Volunteer Tax Preparer – Tax Day Edition

Yesterday was my final 2009 appearance as an AARP Tax Aide volunteer tax preparer. I had five appointments with one no show. The no show was actually a blessing in disguise because my first appointment was delayed due to tax software issues. After I solved those problems I worked four hours straight with not even a minute break. Read more

Planning Your Wealth Preservation Options for a Post-Election Economy

The election will be over in few days.  The end of this interminable campaign has good and bad components.  The good is that we will no longer be subjected to the candidates’ incessant misstatements of fact and making of promises that we know will be broken.  The bad is that the media will dedicate even more coverage to the “economic crisis.”   This will further reinforce the market-crushing fears in the minds of consumers and investors.  Read more