
我只是从2-1/2返回邮轮度假一周从加利福尼亚到夏威夷。 虽然我想说最好回来,其实我希望我仍然船舶上。 我是一个老兵的巡航,因为这是我第九届等假期,但不同的是,我从来没有这么长时间航行。 这也是depature我的早期巡游中,该技术年龄无疑改变了巡航,你现在有卫星电视,让您不会错过一场足球比赛(是)或最新的新闻有线电视新闻网(嘘) 。 它也非常不同,因为该船的乘客都是决定性的老年人居多,因为年轻的平均家庭与儿童工作不能花钱或花时间来享受这种巡航导弹长。 它也为我提供了一个不同的角度对最新的经济动态的角度大多是退休和财政舒适的游船伴侣。
晚餐谈话
游轮指分配席位的设置时间共进晚餐,并在同一餐厅伙伴旅行期间。 如果你是在一个很好的表,是伟大的。 然而,如果您有一张桌子挤满了人,你不喜欢你可以找到自己希望的休假将尽快结束。 近年来,许多游轮公司建立了一个开放的座位选择在晚餐,这意味着你可以吃当你想和与不同的人吃饭每晚。 这是选择,我和我的妻子选择,它使我们能够满足许多新的,并在大多数情况下,非常有趣的人。
该会话将永远开始引进紧随其后的是两个问题: 1 )凡有您和2 )是什么/你是这样的生活。 当轮到我了,我说,我一直在财务规划的十五年,现在房地产投资者和作者,谈话总是把当前的财务状况和国家的住房市场。 这是非常适合我,因为我能听听其他人的思考经济以及它如何影响他们。
我们的晚餐伙伴
有一天晚上,我们遇到一个中年夫妇杜布克,爱荷华州。 他们
已房地产投资者和原先拥有一对夫妇的出租物业。 但是他们发现,他们没有准备,是业主和决定出售其财产。 他们是幸运的,他们并没有亏损,而且实际上已非常微薄的利润。 他们决定,他们更适合成为股市投资者,把大部分的投资,包括401 ( k )帐户,到共同基金。 他们已设法开关时间,以配合市场的高峰,去年,现在不知道下一步该怎么做。 每日财经新闻围绕多少道指下跌那一天。 虽然海洋的平静,他们期待相当晕船正如我们讨论过这一点。
在另一个夜晚,我们共进晚餐的一对退休夫妇来自美国亚利桑那州。 会话这个夜晚成为其关注的女儿,是博士,是谁的过程中,她的丈夫离婚,医生。 看来,受过良好教育的情侣已经陷入房地产的热潮。 在很短的时间内,他们已设法累积了超过30个组合的出租物业。 The combined properties had a very negative cash flow and had declined significantly in value. This, supposedly brilliant, couple had bought into the guru craze of becoming fabulously wealthy through real estate and were instead facing financial ruin and, ultimately, divorce. It was a sober illustration of the human toll of the housing mania.
One of the most interesting nights was when we had dinner with Don and his wife, a retired auto dealer who had owned a Ford dealership in Indiana. His sons had since taken over the business. He reminisced about how owning a car dealership was, at one time, almost a sure path to wealth. It certainly had been for him, but now his sons were struggling to stay afloat in these economic times. Earlier this day the heads of the Big Three automakers had been pleading their case for a bailout to the members of congress. I was sure that Don would be in favor of the bailout and I was truly stunned when he said that the Government shouldn’t give them a penny. I asked him why and he said that if congress bailed them out they would never change. He felt that the companies should be forced to deal with the mess that they created even if it meant that the Big Three had to merge or be allowed to fail. Wasn’t he concerned for his sons? Of course he was and there was a good chance that they would fail as well. He could feel this way because he was wealthy enough to take care of them and he would be their “backstop” (his words) if he had to be. 
While passengers on a cruise ship do not represent a real cross-section of America, it was a great opportunity to hear what others had to say.
In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on. - Robert Frost
Tags: auto bailout , Economy , real estate