New Hampshire Business Review - January 28 2011

Flotsam & Jetsam

Free swinging At a time when the self-styled tea partiers of New Hampshire are doing jumping jacks and victory dances, you'd think a like-minded organization - the uber-libertarian Free State Project - would be sitting in the catbird seat.But you'd…

Beware the KIPPERS phenomenon

With the holiday season behind us and another year of financial strategizing ahead, it's time for families to address the subject of KIPPERS.KIPPERS has become an increasingly serious phenomenon for legal and financial advisors, which is how and why the…

Success is magic

You can call it the "perfect recipe." Last month, graduate student Derek Billings told me a story about how his grandfather explained success to him. His grandfather told him that if he just shows up for things, he will be…

Develop your own '2020 Vision'

In 1999, who could have imagined the end of the dot-com bubble, the growth of the real estate market or the 2008-2009 financial crisis? Looking forward, investors may be wise to consider those volatile "00s" as they position their finances…