“An economy hampered by restrictive tax rates will never produce enough revenue to balance our budget, just as it will never produce enough jobs or enough profits.” – JFK By now you have paid your taxes and are turning back

Luck. Money. Ambition. Initiative. Success. Who wouldn’t want all of that? Well, it is the year of the Dragon, considered the luckiest year in the Chinese Zodiac. Chinese astrology is based on a 12-year cycle, each year named for one

The mood of the market is picking up and the obstacles to progress are getting to be fewer. A recent Citibank survey reported that 62% of those surveyed in San Diego said that their personal finances will get better this

Happy New Year! As many of my long term readers know, I don’t send out a January letter as I am busy putting together our annual Gold Report which will come to you at the end of the month and

Tis the season to be jolly and giving. Every year at this time people rush around like wild herds of buffalo storming store after store looking for the best deal for their “gifts.” Sometimes to the point that people literally

“Pasteur’s theory of germs is a ridiculous fiction. How do you think that these germs in the air can be numerous enough to develop into all those organic infusions?” – Professor Pierre Pocket 1872 Walt Disney was fired as a

In an attempt to be efficient, I am going to give you a sneak peek at an article I just wrote for a commercial real estate trade paper on the state of the San Diego Retail Market. The lights may

It may seem hard to believe but the kids are going back to school and football is in the air. Also, as hard as it is to believe amid S&P downgrades, Wall Street turmoil and financial troubles in Europe, the

Scientists are now learning that life is wiped out on earth about every 20 million years. Great…we will finally get the deficit paid off and we’ll all be wiped out! I heard one of the proposed budget cuts was for