Charles Carroll Insights

\"Individual investors need more than conventional wisdom\"

529 Plans – NOW they tell me!

bill | July 20, 2009

There are two other posts with regards to 529 Plans on this site. Those articles talked to the dangers of investing in these types of plans. The link below is of an article that just came out today from Investment News.
What does it tell you about these plans when FINRA has doubts as to how [...]

Prescription for Failure ???

bill | July 16, 2009

Governor Mitt Romney was determined to provide a healthcare plan that served all the citizens of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. On April 12th, 2006 Governor Romney signed the bill into law. Regardless of what you might think about the plan it was well conceived, implemented with the appropriate bumps along the way, and delivered on [...]

Charles Carroll Financial Partners

bill | July 8, 2009

If you have a moment and can follow the link that is below, I’d like to introduce you to my firm and some of the individuals important to its success.
We believe that managing assets for individuals needs to provide a platform that places the clients needs first. Because of this we embrace the principles of [...]

A Second Stimulus ? A National Healthcare Plan ?

bill | July 8, 2009

Healthcare Revisited

bill | July 8, 2009

Greg Mankiw in his blog of July 7th, 2009 posted the following story that puts the need to monitor Medicare and Medicaid’s expenses into perspective.  Perhaps the answer to healthcare’s costs may be not enough oversight.
Costs versus Efficiency
Advocates of government-run health insurance like to point to Medicare’s low administrative costs (which, as I noted yesterday, [...]

What is Happening Here?

bill | July 8, 2009