By Nick Markola CIMA® 2012 turned out to be a lot better than most predicted this time last year. We are grateful the Mayan’s and their calendar skills were subpar. 2012 was a centennial year for Albanians with global commemorations and many great events. Centennial events reminded us all of our rich history, great accomplishments, [...]

By Nick Markola CIMA® Year 2012 is slowly drawing to an end. The media appears to be mesmerized with the Fiscal Cliff which is set to take place on the first day of the new year, and rightfully so. Unless Washington politicians from both parties come up with an agreement, consequences could be murky. What [...]

By Nick Markola CIMA® The art of investing is to amass wealth over a period of time. It is indisputable that a way to create sizable wealth is to concentrate your investments into few or just one investment. In terms of preserving the wealth, the opposite is required and one should be diversified into different [...]

By Nick Markola CIMA® The sunny weather is here along with unusually high temperatures on Wall Street for this time of the year. It may be the sun is shining brighter because some 100 year celebrations are under way or it may be because for the first 3 months of this year, equity markets in [...]