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Dental Tourism?

| October 25, 2012

A client of mine introduced me to a company run by one of his colleagues. Love the concept. If you need quality, low-cost dental work done and like to travel, you can use this site to find a dental practice with good reviews, and locations for some of the most desirable tourist destinations worldwide. Think TripAdvisor for medical needs. When costs here in the US continue to increase, its a…

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Goldman Sachs and a Departing Exec

| March 14, 2012

This is an absolutely FANTASTIC op-ed penned by an executive who resigned from Goldman Sachs today. Hopefully this piece strikes a nerve with every client of Goldman’s. I do believe it may be too late to strike a nerve of the many Goldman board members and managing directors: (Click here to read NYTimes op-ed)

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Hiring: Business Development Associate

| June 20, 2011

Bear Mountain Capital is looking for high-quality candidates to fill our Business Development Associate position.  If you know of someone who may fit the requirements outlined in the link below, we appreciate your referral: Business Development Associate Job Description

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Solar vs. Coal

| April 6, 2011

Encouraging: “Installation of solar PV systems will almost double to 32.6 gigawatts by 2013 from 18.6 gigawatts last year, New Energy Finance estimates. Manufacturing capacity worldwide has almost quadrupled since 2008 to 27.5 gigawatts, and 12 gigawatts of production will be added this year. Canadian Solar has about 1.3 gigawatts of capacity and expects to reach 2 gigawatts next year, Qu said.” (Click here to read Bloomberg.com article)

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Federal Worker Pay Freeze Proposed

| November 29, 2010

Hopefully this is a start of several measures to reign in the deficit… and hopefully it gets bipartisan support. (Click here to read Bloomberg.com article)

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The Trend: Recovery

| November 24, 2010

The trend toward further recovery continues… although, uncertainty on the Korean peninsula and the final details of Ireland’s bailout help to keep equities flat over two days of trading. (Click here to read Bloomberg.com article)

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Small Business Activity

| November 15, 2010

It is this type of small business activity that will further drive the economy.  The next two quarters wills a lot about the strength of the current recovery, in terms of hiring activity and consumer confidence over the holiday season. (Click here to read Bloomberg.com article)

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China’s Growing Appetite

| November 11, 2010

An interesting look at China’s influence in global deal making and the fear it stokes amongst purveyors of capitalism. The point at the end of the article “Show a Little Confidence” is poignant. I’ve said for a long-time that capitalism can be the tool that could erode communistic tendencies, within China itself. As… China adapts to the world, in order to spread its capital and make future investments, it learns…

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Deficit Cuts

| November 11, 2010

We will have to wait until the final report comes out, to know the full extent of the deficit-cutting commissions proposals. My hope is that they are extensive and implemented. Unfortunately, something tells me that Congress won’t execute on most of the recommendations. It will be spun into, “don’t cut this, cut th…at” or “don’t change that rule, change the other one”. To be continued… (Click here to read article)

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Bill Gross and His November 2010 Investment Outlook

| November 2, 2010

Bill Gross manages over $250 billion in assets, through the Pimco’s Total Return strategy… His investment firm PIMCO is responsible for overseeing about $750 billion in investor funds. His “Investment Outlook” for November 2010 is a very fitting piece, given today is electio…n day. His outlook for this month starts with his view on the current political process, with no flattering words for either party. However, his real focus is…

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