Last week I wrote about the very real threat inflation poses to retiring comfortably. With inflation up almost 5.5% from a year ago, most of us need to find ways to reduce our spending by that same amount just break even. This week I thought I would share a few [...]
As a young person I was raised on game shows. They were a staple of daytime viewing for our family. Part of the appeal of many of these shows was seeing how much individuals were willing to risk to win big. Shows like Let’s Make a Deal, Who Wants to [...]
There is a classic scene in the film Wall Street where Michael Douglas’ character Gordon Gecko boldly declares “greed is good” to the thunderous applause of his audience of bankers and corporate executives. I thought this week I would make a similar controversial statement. Please hear me out and read [...]
Since the outbreak of Covid 19, a new set of terms have become part of our shared vernacular. Terms like social distancing, zooming, super spreader and herd immunity are now commonplace. As Covid’s impact continues to fade, new terms are being coined to describe our attitudes and behaviors in this [...]
The debate over education vs. experience has been going on for quite a while, but perhaps never as fervently as it is right now. With millions of people struggling with skyrocketing tuition costs and a shortage of labor both skilled and unskilled alike, just how important is that little piece [...]
During a time in this country when many are struggling financially, It may be hard to believe but there are thousands of people in Missouri alone who are owed money and don’t even realize it. According to a recent study by Smartasset, there is approximately 49.5 billion dollars of unclaimed [...]
As an unapologetic capitalist, one of my core beliefs is that competition in business is the life blood of American prosperity. In a free market economy, businesses completing with one another for customers naturally leads to better value in the items and services they provide, and also leads to higher [...]
This past week, President Biden addressed Congress and the American people to make his case for a 1.8 trillion dollar spending bill targeted at families and education called the American Families Plan. He has proposed to pay for this additional government spending through tax increases targeted at corporations and wealthy [...]
For those who don’t know, my background was not originally in finance. I actually went to school to become an educator. While I no longer teach social studies as I once did, I still have the heart of a teacher. Because of that, I jump on every opportunity I can [...]
My son loves video games. His favorite is something called Fortnite. In the game you run around a digital world trying to shoot and eliminate other players the same way I did as a kid in the woods behind my house with nerf guns. The game is totally free to [...]
