Earlier this month I attended the annual Kingdom Advisors conference again. Kingdom Advisors is an international organization of attorneys, accountants and financial advisors who study the Bible’s financial wisdom. This meeting is a highlight of my year because we hear great speakers and learn new insights about making financial decisions [...]
DIY Anyone? Recently I wrote about investors who have an advisor obtain much better results over time than those without one. I referenced the study by Vanguard about this, but I have noticed a newer one by the Russell Investments organization today. It attempts to quantify how much value can [...]
What just happened in 2023 financially in the US? For professionals, it was one word: Surprise! After suffering an 18 percent plus drop in 2022, the S&P 500 index gained 26.4 percent, almost back to its all-time high point of January 4, 2022. The gargantuan tech companies led the Nasdaq [...]
Happy 2024! It is proverbial to end one year and begin a new one with a certain sense of optimism. However, since there seem to be so many diverse matters of our world about which to worry, I would like to address this condition. In President Jimmy Carter’s words from [...]
The period of December through New Year’s Day is now called the holidays. Even that term is an amendment of Holy Days so you really cannot get away from the religious significance. Historically, it has been dominated in our culture as Christmastime. We give gifts to each other, presumably in [...]
This past Sunday morning, someone was in a hurry. On I-70 in Kansas City, a driver sped in and out of east bound traffic until he struck the rear end of another vehicle, lost control, was thrown out, and died. We will probably never know what was so pressing or [...]
A saying attributed to the Chinese is, May you live in interesting times. I believe we are indeed in those times. It is perhaps ironic that this is a Chinese saying since most of our stuff we purchase as well as our drugs—both ethical and addictive such as fentanyl—are manufactured [...]
Several months ago I examined the subject of ESG investing, that is Environmental, Social and Governance. The controversy continues to maintain a central position in investment landscape. My primary test concerning the popularity of investment themes is one of practicality. Where is the money flowing? What industries and corporations are [...]
My wife, Karen, and I just returned from our longest trip of 49 plus years together. We flew to Amsterdam and traveled by small cruise ship the Rhine, Main, and Danube rivers and the interconnecting canals of Europe. We visited Germany, Austria, and Hungary, ending in Budapest, over 1250 [...]
Today I write an unusual column. I always try to provide you information and opinion to help you make your money work harder, protect you from loss, or be reassured that wise decisions will bear good fruit in the long term. Today I unashamedly ask you to vote for the [...]
