Several weeks ago, I wrote on the topic of insurance, and the importance of having enough to protect your family should something happen to you. As part of my research for the article, I dug deep into the statistics involving the most likely factors that can lead to one’s early [...]
With my wife Rebecca’s birthday being on Valentine’s Day, the holiday holds a special significance to me. Not because if I forget about it I am in twice as much trouble as other guys, but because I truly love my wife with all of my heart, and this day gives [...]
Life sometimes has a habit of teaching you lessons in weird ways. For the first time in my life, I recently ran out of gas while driving. On this particular day, my low fuel light came on shortly after leaving home for the office. For whatever reason however, I forgot [...]
As I sat down to write my final article of 2021, I began to put together a list of the blessings I personally have experienced in the past year and to invite you the reader to do the same. However, the more I wrote, the more disingenuous it began to [...]
This past weekend I got the pleasure of meeting a man with a very interesting story. While making small talk with him he mentioned he owned a concrete recycling company. Having never heard of such a service, I was intrigued and asked him to tell me more about what they [...]
Don’t laugh, but I prefer watching classic shows from over a half century ago over most of what I see on network TV today. The Andy Griffith show (or as my kids describe it, the “barney” show is a particular favorite in our home, and is watched nearly every evening [...]
Even before there was a virus named COVID19 there was an explosion in the number of jobs that were being advertised in the US. The so called animal spirits for economic growth were alive and well. Now that many Americans for various reasons seem to have left the workforce, the [...]
Covid has been hard on us all, but maybe harder on Baby Boomers than any other group. A recent survey conducted in August by Coventry Direct provides some interesting insight into the mindset of today’s working seniors. According to the survey, nearly 4 in 5 Boomers wish to retire earlier [...]
This summer it was announced that Judith Sheindlin better know as “Judge Judy” would be stepping down from her enormously popular daytime show after 25 years of being on the air. While my current job has made tuning into her afternoon show difficult, as someone who was raised on her [...]
This past week I met with a newlywed couple to give them a crash course on personal finance. Like so many young people, they already had a base understanding of money, but wanted to make sure they were doing the right things as they started their life together. As we [...]
