Small Business Owners – Ways You Can Embrace Retirement in a Bear Market!

by Mark Fissel

Most small business owners are faced with the same retirement dilemma. Naturally, you can see that liquidity and preservation of capital are the common issues that group small business owners together. As a small business owner, I have spent additional time and resources responding to this dilemma. Here are three techniques you can use when preparing for retirement in small business. Read More

Why is Apology So Difficult?

by John Kador

Apology is the bravest gesture we can make to the unknown. If you think about it, the unknown is exactly what we enter whenever we apologize. Offering an apology is like tossing a lit firecracker and hoping it’ll be caught and maybe—just maybe—will become, through the gentle power of acceptance, an instrument of healing. Read More

Investment Insight In Wake of Recent Market Uptick

by Peter Miralles

The US stock markets have just completed a spectacular 13-week run. The broad stock markets have gone up 12 of those 13 weeks with the “riskier” of the sectors (paper, steel, auto, leisure and energy stocks) performing well. By comparison, the US Treasury Bond market, has posted losses during the same period. It is truly amazing after such a devastating first quarter where most investors concentrated on news about the 10 percent national unemployment rate that the second quarter has represented such a turnaround. This time investors have taken the approach that the glass is half full, and it is a good thing that 90 percent of us are still employed. Read More

Live Like an Astor in Historic Apthorp Residences, Newly Upgraded with 21st Century Amenities

by Affluent Magazine

The legendary Crown Jewel of the Upper West Side, The Apthorp, is being reincarnated as condominium residences. Marketed by Prudential Douglas Elliman, and newly managed by Broadwall Management of Apthorp, LLC, a division of The Feil Organization, the iconic building was erected in 1908 by William Waldorf Astor and brought to life by his architects Clinton & Russell. Stretching from West End Avenue to Broadway and 78th to 79th Streets, The Apthorp is a timeless part of Manhattan’s landscape. Read More

Quivira brings the Ritz to Los Cabos, Mexico

by Affluent Magazine

Set on the tip of the Baja Peninsula, with three miles of sandy white beach stretched before it, Quivira Los Cabos is setting the stage for an inimitable luxury residential resort community where nothing is ordinary but everything is extraordinary. Quivira is to be home to some of the most prestigious names in the resort residential world, including the future Ritz-Carlton Los Cabos, Quivira. Read More

The Brookwood – Eco-friendly living in Atlanta

by Affluent Magazine

At the intersection of Peachtree and healthy living, you’ll find The Brookwood.  Situated in the midst of residential Brookwood just south of Piedmont Hospital and bustling Buckhead, The Brookwood rises 18 stories above street level yet feels perfectly integrated into one of Atlanta’s most walkable neighborhoods. Read More

Well crafted and thoughtfully considered, Marguerite Rodgers Ltd.

by Affluent Magazine

Every interior design commission represents a chance to create something that never existed before — an opportunity to step inside a client’s dreams and fashion a new world. Since 1980 Marguerite Rodgers Ltd. has been doing just that — listening, imagining, and forging unforgettable spaces that speak for, and of, the client.  Classic symmetry is at work in the firm’s designs, as are clean lines, an accommodating scale, and a multifaceted vocabulary of materials, textures, and finishes.  Built on long-term relationships and an overall desire to get things just right, Marguerite Rodgers Ltd., in its third decade, holds an enduring reputation as a firm that fully respects its clients and successfully exceeds expectations. Read More

Tailored Traditionalism Defined

by Affluent Magazine

Bradley Thiergartner Interiors was founded in 1993 by Benjamin Bradley and David Thiergartner.  Working with an affluent clientele early on, they quickly established themselves as one of the top interior design firms in New York City.  Designing timeless, classic interiors throughout the country for such notable clients as George Soros and Chris Rock, Benjamin and David have established a design philosophy and style which they refer to as “Tailored Traditionalism”.
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The Yankee Swap Rorschach

by Stephen Balzac

The holidays are the season for Yankee Swaps. Now, a Yankee Swap would seem to be a fairly simple and straightforward activity: each person either chooses a wrapped gift or steals an opened gift from someone else. This latter activity can, of course, trigger a chain reaction, but that’s part of the fun. At the end, everyone feels like they had at least some measure of control over the outcome. One would think it difficult, if not impossible, to mess up a Yankee Swap. Read More

Life on The Cay at Turks & Caicos Sporting Club

by Affluent Magazine

Turks & Caicos Sporting Club at Ambergris Cay is an exclusive private island in the Turks & Caicos Islands. Home to a luxury real-estate development community, Ambergris Cay offers individualistic luxury with no branded hotel or fractional ownership component. Attracting a global array of members, Ambergris Cay caters to families, couples and singles alike looking to live Life on The Cay, a phrase that sums up the exclusive, relaxed beach atmosphere filled with unspoiled nature, complete security, world-class outdoor pursuits, acclaimed service and a conservation mindset, lived by members, guests and Sporting Club staff. Read More