You don’t want to fight. But sometimes that’s not your decision. Here Jack Murphy and Jim West help you with the all-important psychology that is behind the punch. From SpecialOperations.com: Jack Murphy takes us behind the punch with Jim West in a new series that will help you prepare to defend yourself in the most likely situations you could face […]
Navy SEAL Sniper School: Part II
When retired Navy SEAL Sniper School grad and head instructor Brandon Webb first decided that “This is the life for me” as described in June 2015 Men’s Journal: The same could be said for Webb’s upbringing. Born in 1974, he and his younger sister Maryke were raised in British Columbia, on a remote cattle ranch […]
Navy SEAL Sniper School: Part I
How hard is Navy Seal Sniper School? Hard. In this article former Navy SEAL sniper head instructor Brandon Webb explains that you get instant cred just by getting into the school. I first read Webb’s description of sniper school in his New York Times bestseller, The Red Circle. Sniper school is one of the very few courses […]
Sell in May Go Away?
You can learn a thing or two from history. For one, it happened, it’s a fact, and 2) not many people predicted it correctly. In Bill Bryson’s book One Summer “America 1927” he touches on the fateful decision by the Federal Reserve to lower its discount rate. The stock market even before leading up to […]
Good Morning from Newport, RI
If you live in New England, or are visiting, there’s plenty of reasons to come visit Newport, RI. This weekend was buzzin’ from the Volvo Ocean Race stopover. The boats left port yesterday. Next stop Lisbon, Portugal. You would never know our business is in the heart of it all. Our office is on William […]
Chicago Downgraded to Junk
No surprises here that Moody’s downgraded Chicago’s credit rating to junk bond status. There’s no way it can continue on like this without increasing taxes and cutting services. What I’m seeing here in Newport, RI for example isn’t encouraging and will play out nationwide in perpetuity. Our water bill, for example, is up double digits […]
$100 Million Room with a View, or Not
You just gotta love the obnoxious real estate prices in Manhattan. Vornado Realty Trust’s 220 Central Park South has already secured $1.1 billion, or one-third of the building, making it already profitable reports the WSJ. “We are doing beyond well,” said Vornado CEO Steve Roth. Yawn. Then you have the penthouse at the building called […]
Last Wednesday at the Range
How well your rifle shoots depends on a number of variables. Last Wednesday I worked on a couple of things I thought I’d share with you. First, to try and limit user-error I shot off of a bench. Over the past month or so I’ve been shooting lying down or prone. If you’ve ever shot […]
“The Moment” I Lost Money
If you’re over 50 and lived in or around the Boston area during the 70s then you know the moment. 45 year’s ago, Mother’s Day 1970, Bobby Orr took the pass from Sanderson, scored to clinch the Stanley Cup, and “The Flying Bobby” was born. That was the defining moment in Boston sports for Boston […]
Golf Maverick
Maverick McNealy is the son of Sun Microsystems founder Scott McNealy. Sun Micro was acquired in 2010 by Oracle for a cool $7.4 billion. But you would never know it by the way McNealy and his wife Susan have raised their four children. “Despite the family’s wealth, the boys slept in one room with four […]
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