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The Blatt Watch by Peter Blatt: Why is there a disconnect between Main Street and Wall Street?
From the desk of Peter Blatt, J.D., LL.M. It was my son, Ethan’s Bar Mitzvah this past weekend. He did amazing. He did a wonderful job chanting Torah and at…
Read MoreThe Blatt Watch by Peter Blatt: Waiting for my son David to come home from sleep away camp is a lot like waiting for an inheritance
From the desk of Peter Blatt, J.D., LL.M. My son David (10) is at sleep away camp for the first time. He is enjoying himself and learning a lot about…
Read MoreThe Blatt Watch by Peter Blatt: How to view summertime as a suspension of time
From the desk of Peter Blatt, J.D., LL.M. A 6-day trip could feel like a 3-month suspension in time. What a family trip can teach you about making good financial…
Read MoreThe Blatt Watch by Peter Blatt: What can Geocaching, Boy Scouting, and Being a Proud Parent or Grandparent teach you about Estate Planning?
On Sunday, my 10-year old son David, and my wife Gina and I went Geocaching with David’s Cub Scout troop at John D. MacArthur Beach State Park on Singer Island.…
Read MoreThe Blatt Watch by Peter Blatt: Safe money is more important than money at risk
From the desk of Peter Blatt, J.D., LL.M. What a trip to New Jersey can teach you about investing Last week, I spent several days in New Jersey – the…
Read MoreThe Blatt Watch by Peter Blatt: The fishbowl effect; the weatherman; raising puppies, and investing for retirement
From the desk of Peter Blatt, J.D., LL.M. On Saturday, I was watching the weatherman as he was talking about the weather forecast for the next two weeks. It struck…
Read MoreThe Blatt Watch by Peter Blatt: Financial Planning: 2013 The Year in Review
From the desk of Peter Blatt, J.D., LL.M. We published a Special Edition of The Blatt Watch for December 2013.To download this printed version, please click this link 2013-14 Printed edition…
Read MoreThe Blatt Watch by Peter Blatt: Financial Planner Asks: Why do our expenses increase while our income increases?
From the desk of Peter Blatt, J.D., LL.M. Sitting down with one of my clients today in Miami, he posed the question, ‘Why do I continue to spend more each…
Read MoreThe Blatt Watch by Peter Blatt: Financial Planning: The similarities between birthday candles and retirement
Financial Planning can teach us when a behavior does not need to be corrected Last night it was my mother-in-law’s birthday. We went to Jetty’s restaurant in Jupiter for the…
Read MoreThe Blatt Watch by Peter Blatt: Death and Government shutdowns teach us about financial planning (Palm Beach Gardens Financial Advisor explains the connection between death and the Government)
I spent the last two days, Sunday and Monday, attending two different memorial services. The Sunday service was a celebration of life for one of my clients. He was a…
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