Show Stork Brought Financial Responsibility Along With New Babies The Salt Lake Tribune F9 9 1987 Sunday August Meet Dan Suellen Taylor: A Yuppie Family 'Serious About Investing’ ” “ By David Satterfield “'Until the kids were born we really didn't have a financial plan" Dan Taylor said last week "But when they were born I said Let's get a little more serious about investing' ” If Hollywood made a movie about the perfect yuppie family the Taylors r Newspapers What first changed Dan and Suel-- ’ len Taylor's approach toward invest-- ing is now about three feet tall has blond hair and doesn't know the difference between a stock and a bond Knight-Ridde- might fit the part Dan 32 is vice president of operations and systems for American Express' Latin American and Caribbean division His wife Suellen says she is "retired" but there's plenty of work at home Son Dan Jr is 2 years old A second son Christopher is 5 months old In early 1986 the Taylors put The family lives in a comfortable house on a quiet street in Pembroke Pines Fla There's a swimming pool a late model Cutlass in the garage even a 1975 Volvo for commuting to d American Express’ Coral Gables headquarters Uncertain Economy Hiking Gold Prices Analysts Say investors" he said Peroni also pointed to inflationary expectations that haven't shown up in the indicators “because there is a lag time in reporting” Peroni expects the Federal Reserve Board to be "accommodating” which should lead to a gain in inflation by the middle of next year John Lutley managing director of the Gold Institute in Washington DC attributes gold’s advance to the fact that inflation fears heated up enough this year "to bring people into gold but not enough to hurt the m i By Pat Widder Chicago Tribune NEW YORK — When catastrophe threatens the savvy investor turns to gold the hedge that has stood the test of millenia The world is clearly cha-- otic today but given the roaring bull market as well as moderate inflation and interest rates it is hardly on the brink of catastrophe What then explains the surge in gold prices? 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