This past week is always a busy one for investment advisors. Despite the fact that Tax Day comes at the same time every year, many wait until this last week to make year-end contributions to their IRA accounts in an attempt to reduce their overall income tax liabilities. Unfortunately, for [...]
This past weekend my family and I went to a local chain restaurant for dinner. As we entered, I was surprised to find the dining room virtually empty given it was dinner time on a Friday night. I was even more surprised to find a lobby full of people and [...]
Several weeks ago, I wrote on the topic of insurance, and the importance of having enough to protect your family should something happen to you. As part of my research for the article, I dug deep into the statistics involving the most likely factors that can lead to one’s early [...]
One of the things that was a mitigating factors for our great nation’s founding almost 250 years ago was the level of corruption that had permeated all areas of British life, particularly it’s government. For this reason, most, if not all, of the signers of our Declaration of Independence, supported [...]
With my wife Rebecca’s birthday being on Valentine’s Day, the holiday holds a special significance to me. Not because if I forget about it I am in twice as much trouble as other guys, but because I truly love my wife with all of my heart, and this day gives [...]
Life sometimes has a habit of teaching you lessons in weird ways. For the first time in my life, I recently ran out of gas while driving. On this particular day, my low fuel light came on shortly after leaving home for the office. For whatever reason however, I forgot [...]
British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli was once quoted as saying “The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches, but to reveal to him his own.” With January being National Mentoring Month, it seemed like a perfect time to talk about the importance of [...]
As I sat down to write my final article of 2021, I began to put together a list of the blessings I personally have experienced in the past year and to invite you the reader to do the same. However, the more I wrote, the more disingenuous it began to [...]
This past weekend I got the pleasure of meeting a man with a very interesting story. While making small talk with him he mentioned he owned a concrete recycling company. Having never heard of such a service, I was intrigued and asked him to tell me more about what they [...]
Don’t laugh, but I prefer watching classic shows from over a half century ago over most of what I see on network TV today. The Andy Griffith show (or as my kids describe it, the “barney” show is a particular favorite in our home, and is watched nearly every evening [...]
