As sponsors of the First Responders Recognition and Awards Breakfast here in Independence, this past Thursday I was blessed to get to be in attendance as the Chamber of Commerce honored some of its very bravest public servants, including officer Cody Allen who was tragically killed in the line of [...]
Today’s topic is inflation, a popular subject recently. A higher trend in prices of goods and services has reemerged due to the flood of liquidity the Federal Reserve created to save us from the shut down of the world economy which was created to save us from Covid-19 which was [...]
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 [...]
I know this will get me into hot water with a certain group of the population but I am not a big fan of Apple as a company. Being someone who doesn’t like to be told what I have to do or buy, I don’t like Apple’s strategy of purposely [...]
I really can’t believe I am saying this, but the Chiefs winning their 3rd Super Bowl in 5 years may not have been the most exciting Kansas City sports news that has happened this month. As an avid baseball fan, perhaps I am a bit biased, but I think the [...]
According to a recent Harvard CAPS-Harris poll immigration has replaced inflation as the top policy concern amongst likely voters. At first glance it might appear that people’s growing concern over current border policies, is the result of a reduced concern on the state of our economy. In my opinion, that [...]
I speak often on the behavioral differences between various generations in America. It can be seen in the way they work, the way they communicate and even the way they eat. However, I’m not sure there is more of a stark divergence than how they consume media. Traditional forms of [...]
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 [...]
As some of you may already be well aware, student loans are notoriously difficult to be absolved of through normal bankruptcy proceedings. That may all be changing soon as a little over a week the Biden Administration released new data on an initiative the White House developed last year to [...]
