In case you hadn’t noticed, we’re already well into the 2020 elections. And don’t worry, there’s absolutely ZERO risk of having too “LITTLE” analysis, ads, and conversation forced upon you over the coming months until that special November day arrives. In case you were worried – I won’t bore/upset you today [...]

Unless something’s hit the fan as I write this email, the economy’s humming along nicely right now. And by all indications, it’s looking to continue on track for some time to come. But we humans didn’t manage to survive all these years without having that “worry-wart” gene built in. Would-be ancestors [...]

There’s a growing trend among the “boomer” generation concerning retirement. They’re not. It shouldn’t be a surprise. This is, after all, a generation that defied previously held societal notions about music, dress, hair styles, and much more. So the stereotypical image of “old uncle Joe” sitting on the front porch, rockin’ [...]

There’s nothing that livens up a wallet like a stack of crisp $100 bills. It’s hard NOT to have a smile on your face when you open up yours and see a stack of smiling Benjamins grinning back at you. There’s a great many reasons why Ben Franklin’s moniker is on [...]

Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock, you know about the final installment in Marvel’s Avengers series:  “Endgame.” On the off chance you’re one of the few who has NOT yet seen the film, don’t worry, I won’t reveal any “spoilers.” My purpose today in writing is instead to offer a bit [...]

Did you know that Lee Iacocca, the auto guru best known for the development of the Ford Mustang and later digging Chrysler out of the ditch, uses coupons? Being worth approximately $100 million, you wouldn’t think coupons would enter his mind. But apparently, his long-time housekeeper takes great care in clipping [...]

Have you heard of the 4% rule? It’s a guideline established almost 30 years ago that determined you could withdraw no more than 4% of your portfolio each year during retirement. But… that was 30 years ago. So is 4% still a good rule of thumb? Probably. Now, I could fill [...]

A guy down the street from me owns a successful business. If I had to guess, each year he generates multi-million dollar revenues. But every few days I see him outside tending to his lawn. Pushing the mower, trimming the hedges – weeding that frustratingly hard to get rid of quack [...]

Have you ever wondered why people play the lottery?​Consciously we all know the odds of winning are astronomically NOT in our favor…​But yet, when the jackpot crawls high enough, even the most logical of people are throwing a few dollars in the pot.​We buy ourselves the fantasy of living like the [...]