Home About Archives RSS Feed

Bill Schmick is an award-winning columnist and money manager with more than 33 years of financial experience providing advice to retirement community worldwide.

Support Local News

We show up at hurricanes, budget meetings, high school games, accidents, fires and community events. We show up at celebrations and tragedies and everything in between. We show up so our readers can learn about pivotal events that affect their communities and their lives.

How important is local news to you? You can support independent, unbiased journalism and help iBerkshires grow for as a little as the cost of a cup of coffee a week.

News Headlines
Weekend Outlook: Thunderfest is Back
Your Voices Were Heard: A Victory for Berkshire Families
Bread-Baking Appliance Designer Moving to Mass MoCA Campus
Pittsfield Council OKs Tax Incentive, Historic District Study Committee
Berkshire Village Residents Challenge Cheshire Permitting Process
Companion Corner: Rosie Is Still at No Paws Left Behind
Mount Greylock School Committee Takes Another Look at FY27 Budget
Clarksburg Hires New Town Clerk/Assessor's Clerk
Wahconah Students Join Statewide 'SOS' Call for Rural School Funding
Radon Reading Closes Pittsfield's West Housatonic Fire Station
 
 


Categories:
@theMarket (572)
Independent Investor (452)
Retired Investor (284)
Archives:
March 2026 (5)
March 2025 (4)
February 2026 (8)
January 2026 (8)
December 2025 (8)
November 2025 (8)
October 2025 (10)
September 2025 (6)
August 2025 (8)
July 2025 (9)
June 2025 (8)
May 2025 (10)
April 2025 (8)
Tags:
Mortgages Retirement Economy Greece Japan Oil Congress Pullback Europe Banks Interest Rates Stocks Election Federal Reserve Bailout Stock Market Debt Taxes Wall Street Fiscal Cliff Euro Recession Rally Debt Ceiling Stimulus Energy Crisis Deficit Commodities Markets Metals Selloff Housing Currency Jobs
Popular Entries:
The Retired Investor: The Hawks Return
The Retired Investor: Has Labor Found Its Mojo?
The Retired Investor: Climate Change Is Costing Billions
The Retired Investor: Time to Hire an Investment Adviser?
The Retired Investor: Crypto Crashes (Again)
The Retired Investor: My Dog's Medical Bills Are Higher Than Mine
The Retired Investor: Food, Famine, and Global Unrest
The Retired Investor: Holiday Spending Expected to Stay Strong
The Retired Investor: U.S. Shale Producers Can't Rescue Us
The Retired Investor: Investors Should Take a Deep Breath
Recent Entries:
The Retired Investor: Is Cuba Next?
@theMarket: Iran War Trashes Markets
The Retired Investor: Are Predictions Markets Displacing Crypto Trading?
@theMarket: Wartime Energy Prices Sink Markets
The Retired Investor: Refresher on Geopolitical Events & the Stock Market
@theMarket: Bellweather Stocks Fail to Support Markets
The Retired Investor: Will Historic Winter Weather Disrupt the Economy?
@theMarket: Investors Await Direction, As Stocks Churn
The Retired Investor: What Is Gunboat Diplomacy Without Boats?
@theMarket: No Valentine for Artificial Intelligence