Recent Posts In: Risk

The Piano and the Presidency
Posted in: Decisions, Risk
Legend has it that after a late night concert at New York’s famed Blue Note Club, the great jazz musician Duke...
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Playing Soccer on a Live Minefield
Posted in: Investment, Risk, Yield
The chase for yield is dangerous. Many people who didn’t plan properly are hurting because low interest rates were...
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When the Right One Comes Along
Posted in: Decisions, Financial Planning, Risk
Regret is a stern taskmaster. It won’t let you rest. Thinking about what “coulda, woulda, shoulda” is like...
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The Deferred Happiness Model
Posted in: Cash Flow, Financial Factory, Risk, Yield
You can’t escape them. The “experts” are everywhere, on TV and radio – gurus like Clark Howard, Suze...
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Wisdom from the Cave
Posted in: Decisions, Financial Planning, Frustration, Risk
At ninety-three, Richard Zimmerman broke out of his nursing home and hitchhiked all the way back home. He didn’t...
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Planning, Pilots & Profits
Posted in: Financial Planning, Risk
The last few years have nothing short of amazing. So much had changed right before our eyes. The hubris that so often...
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Welcome to the Only Get Rich Once Blog!
Posted in: Financial Factory, Financial Planning, Frustration, Risk
A lot has happened in the three months here at Holcombe Financial. We had a wonderful turnout for our open house. We...
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Painting Your Picture
Posted in: Decisions, Financial Factory, Financial Planning, Risk
I read a loosely translated Japanese Proverb from the Zappos Twitter feed. It made me think about issues faced by many...
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Cloudy with a Chance of Profit
Posted in: Financial Factory, Financial Planning, Risk
The weather is actually a perfect metaphor. The financial markets operate with absolute autonomy. Predictions have no...
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Financial Advisors, Wall Street and JAWS
Posted in: Decisions, Financial Planning, Investment, Risk
Changes in stock prices can swing wildly, suddenly. So can our emotions. The combination of an out of control market...
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69 Days, 33 Miners, 1 Cave
Posted in: Cash Flow, Financial Planning, Risk
The excavation of 33 miners from a Chilean cave will go down as an amazing feat. Never before have so many miners been...
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Crisis Causes Clarity
Posted in: Decisions, Financial Planning, Risk
It’s the morning of April 10, 1912. You and your family are preparing to enjoy a great breakfast and then take in...
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Moniphany
Posted in: Financial Factory, Financial Planning, Risk
An epiphany is generally associated with a type of awakening. An exact moment in time where everything we’ve held as...
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Getting There from Here
Posted in: Decisions, Financial Planning, Risk
The financial market is an aggregation of remote sectors acting as one. A synchronistic orchestra without a conductor....
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Bird Dies Like a Dog
Posted in: Risk
Dogs don’t fly and birds don’t run. When they do, bad things happen. This invaded my thoughts as I attempted to...
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