This past Friday, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics released its job numbers for September. To the surprise of many experts, the labor market added 254,000 jobs. This was substantially higher than the projected 150,000. Revisions to July and August numbers resulted in an additional 72,000 jobs for those months [...]
I know many of you don’t want to hear this, but it’s about that time of year again. Time to start thinking about end of year tax planning. If you are retired or receiving Social Security benefits there are actually some things to be excited about as you project what [...]
There has been a debate raging for many years amongst associates in our firm about whether it is better to pay more for items of higher quality because they work better and last longer, or to buy lower priced items and pocket the difference in price. Regular readers can probably [...]
Recently while visiting my parents, my oldest son Ethan uncovered large amounts of the baseball cards I collected as a kid. While not a huge baseball fan himself, he does like money and recognized some of these cards might be valuable and began sifting through them to find cards he [...]
While I am generally never afraid of sharing my faith in these columns, I also am cognizant of the fact that my beliefs aren’t necessarily shared by all of my readers so I try to keep my articles as secular as possible. However, recently my pastor, Neil Chesshir of One [...]
Since March of 2022 the Fed has raised interest rates nearly a dozen times with the last quarter percent hike happening more than a year ago. Despite Chairman Powell’s insistence that rates must remain high to curb inflation, interest rates have been falling in recent weeks. In fact, according to [...]
Though some may disagree, I believe in America, the greatest determiner of ones' success in life is the sum total of the decisions they personally make. Other factors, of course, also play a role, but if the decisions you make are generally wise and effective, you will succeed. One of [...]
In economic times like these, I think it’s fair to say we are all looking for ways to save money. With prices continuing to go up on most things, that can certainly be difficult. Today, I thought I would share with you a few different areas where you may be [...]
Although I hate to admit it, I am officially middle aged. As tough as it is to no longer be young, it does come with certain benefits too. I consider myself blessed to be at an age where I not only have young children in my life, but also parents [...]
Over the past couple of weeks, I had the pleasure of celebrating the birthdays of both of my sons. While there is an age gap of several years between them, they both were born weeks apart in the month of June. I can honestly say there has been no more [...]
