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Enjoy this month’s edition that features notice of a potential phone call from BMO, a look at the Federal Reserve, as well as a reminder on how to protect your passwords.

Potential Phone Call From BMO

I am obsessed with Succession, the HBO Max series about the uber-wealthy and powerful family vying to take over their father’s media empire. While exploring the motivations and psyches of truly terrible people, the show excels at character development and features brilliant writing. In the 2nd season, there is a scene where they provide striking perspective on wealth.

Enjoy this month’s edition that features a note about the Moneywatch Holiday Party and some advice to help you save on taxes this year.

Steve: This article appeared on Forbes online on Oct. 20, 2021. As it is almost as good as something I would write myself, I thought I’d share. The link to the story is at the end.

Ever wonder how the wealthy stay wealthy? For one, they don’t just leave their money sitting around in some savings account. Here’s what they do with it instead...

Enjoy this month’s edition that features a description of bond yields and what those can tell us.

My Great-Grandma Tootsie was born in 1880, 15 years after the end of the Civil War! She lived to be 98 and died when I was 14 so I not only met her but I knew her and remember her well.

Other than improving my golf handicap, a Sisyphus struggle if there ever was one, traveling overseas again is what I yearn to do most. But until the pandemic ebbs enough so there’s some level of certainty in hopping an international flight, I’m staying right here.

Enjoy this month’s edition that features a review of the stock market so far in 2021 plus some market strategists’ predictions for the future.

I recently read about a 28-year old New Jersey man who typed the wrong address into his rental car’s GPS in Iceland and drove six hours in the wrong direction – SIX! – from the airport to a fishing village in the north of the country….when he was just trying to get to his hotel. Now, his first mistake is quite understandable.

In a recent review meeting, clients told us they were considering changing careers to be able to spend more time with each other and their kids and to reduce their considerable professional stress. They were approaching this in a thoughtful manner so want to consider the financial implications of such a move – both short-term and long-term.