What might 2022 hold for markets?
The year 2021 was another challenging year with the pandemic raging on beyond what most optimistically believed with vaccines coming on the scene. Can 2022 be the year most thought 2021 was supposed to be? I can’t think of a more difficult time to predict what’s ahead with so many [...]
A hopeful message for 2022
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 [...]
Have We Already Surrendered?
A few years ago, I wrote in this space about whether it made sense to buy US manufactured tools and products even at higher prices than imports. Time has marched on. I now wonder about our future as a viable independent nation. By way of example, let’s examine computers, especially [...]
It’s never too late
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 [...]
Receiving peace at Christmas through insurance
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 [...]
The importance of true giving during this season
The past Thursday marked the beginning of a period of time when our focus is supposed to shift away from ourselves and toward others. These weeks, often collectively known as the season of giving, is my very favorite time of year. However, over time savvy marketers and retailers have commandeered [...]
We are blessed, we help others, we give thanks
Many of you know that each year I use this week to share a column with a Thanksgiving theme. It is my favorite American holiday since it originated in our land in the 1600s. In former years, it kicked off the official Christmas shopping season, but that has already begun. [...]
Tips to avoid panic buying
Regardless of how many times I see it, I am always astounded to find bread and milk shelves laid bare prior to a forecasted snowstorm. In the 40 something years I have lived in the metro, I cannot remember a single occasion when two days after inclement weather I was [...]
Something to Consider: Get a Better Job
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 [...]
Big tech is likely to get bigger
As can be clearly seen by the growth of the S&P Index which tracks the performance of our nation’s 500 largest corporations, our biggest businesses have grown substantially bigger over the past 10 years. In my opinion, they are poised for even larger growth over the coming decade. One of [...]