Today I offer a reasoned rant about the high costs of our federal government’s Zero Interest Rate Policy (ZIRP). If you wonder what that policy is, just think about the amount of interest you now receive on your money in the bank and have for more than a decade. Isn’t [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
In my last major update in November when Biden was unofficially confirmed the winner, I talked about the scenario of a melt-up in the equity markets on the heels of stimulus and infrastructure. Today, here we are in the midst of the melt-up and more stimulus than the eye can [...]
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 [...]
Since the Ph.D’s in Economics have been in supposed total control of the Federal Reserve Bank in the past decade or more, they have been adamant that without US inflation of at least 2 percent per year, life cannot progress as it should. But try as they might, they have [...]
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 [...]
Most of you reading this have either received or are about to receive a stimulus check from the government in the amount of $1,400. For many of you, the pandemic has had limited impact on your overall financial condition (outside of probably a few more Amazon purchases). For those people [...]
When asked why he doesn’t share his political views publicly, basketball great Michael Jordan famously replied “because Republicans buy sneakers too.” You can agree or disagree with his stance on a philosophical level, but from a purely business standpoint I agree with him that in marketing there is rarely a [...]
This past week has been a rather dark one for our nation. Watching as our capital was stormed by radical extremists who didn’t agree with the results of our election was something I never believed I would personally witness. Since that day, I have been equally disturbed by the attacks [...]
