Today American parents spend roughly a quarter of their household income on childcare according to a recently released report by Care.com. Unfortunately, those costs are expected to rise soon as the funding of a pandemic-era federal childcare program has recently expired. https://www.care.com/ This program, which was part of the American [...]
Recently I surprised my wife Rebecca with tickets to see musician Ed Sheran perform at Arrowhead Stadium. Aside from us both being fans of his, another reason I purchased the tickets was the retail price of them had dropped significantly on Ticketmaster. After buying the bargain tickets, I then looked [...]
For regular readers of my column, you may be aware that two weeks ago I paid tribute to the workers of America in a special Labor Day article. In it I expressed a need to further lift up the working class and reduce the widening gap between the middle and [...]
Ever since inflation took hold of our economy in mid-2021 Federal Chairman Jerome Powell has consistently said his desire is to use interest rate hikes to softly land the plane that is the US economy. So far, in this effort I would say he has been successful in this attempt [...]
Now that Labor Day has passed, let us not forget about workers and the challenges they face. I don’t know about you, but Labor Day has become one of my absolute favorite holidays. Being the husband of an elementary teacher, and having two young kids, the back-to-school season can really [...]
While I myself am not a huge soccer fan, I know many of you out there are. With the Women’s World Cup semi-finals happening as we speak, I’m sure some of you are getting up early or staying up late to watch all of the action live. Womens Soccer World [...]
Energy is the lifeblood of everything in the universe. We leaped out of the dark ages by harnessing the power of stored energy in the form of burning wood, then coal, and rocketed forward with the use of gasoline and other fossil fuels to power our energy needs. We simply [...]
Last week my family and I went on a summer vacation. While traveling I was amazed to discover just how many merchants no longer accept cash as a form of payment. This transition to a cashless society has been coming for a while but the pandemic certainly sped the whole [...]
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 [...]
It’s been about 15 years now since we had our last true recession. Last year nearly everyone, including yours truly, expected a recession to take hold by spring of this year. As it goes with most things with the stock market, when most people expect something, it usually does the [...]
