To be honest, my relationship is largely hate, but there is some love. Last year, I wrote a post called Do I Need A Financial Advisor. And while, for me, the answer to the question is a resounding NO!, in the post, I talk about 2 situations where it might make sense to have an […]
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I’ve written a bit about car buying, here and here. To many people, buying a car tops their list of things they hate most. I understand why. There’s the pressure, the negotiation, the air of superiority many salesman have… Not fun. I worked for a car dealership that wouldn’t negotiate price. Many people found that
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In my recent post, What Does a Government Shutdown Mean to Me?, I talked a little bit about how the threat of a shutdown, and even an actual shut down, are becoming routine. But we forget that the shutdown is a colossal failure of our politicians to do their job and come up with a
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Bet you thought this was about me retiring and forcing my spouse to bring home the bacon. Nice idea, but no. This is even better. This morning I was reading clark.com. Clark is one of my favorite cheapskates. I subscribe to his daily email which has saving ideas and deals. Here’s one: But anyway, back
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Nothing better than a good “I told you so…” So let’s take a quick victory lap this morning. And while we enjoy that, we can also talk about the lesson learned here. Disney Yup, it’s Disney. A couple of weeks ago, I posted Is Disney a Great Company? I sold my shares a while back,
It seems like just yesterday we had avoided a government shut down by the skin of our teeth. I tried to find when the last one was. I saw this from December 2024 where we narrowly avoided a shut down. But I’m pretty sure we went through this fire drill at least one other time
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Today, with a government shut-down looming (and we still have tariff uncertainty, wars in the Ukraine and Gaza, and other assorted problems) the market continues to rise and today I read that: in the Daily Upside. In the almost 2 years that I’ve been posting here, I’ve spent a bit more time paying attention to
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Just recently, I was reminiscing about my journey with Disney (Ticker: DIS) in the post Is Disney a Great Company? And this morning, I was reminded again why Disney had lost its appeal for me. I wrote recently about free speech here. It seems as if many now interpret freedom of speech as we can
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This likely will not be my most liked post, but I do think it is a topic that deserves our consideration. Socialism is becoming more popular with younger Americans. Don’t believe it? Do a web search. While I am strongly in the capitalism over socialism camp, I do find it interesting. With so many younger
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I wrote recently about why we should strongly consider buying Over the Counter (OTC) hearing aids. Read here. The savings are huge. My prescription hearing aids cost over $4,000 in 2016. In 2024, I bought an OTC pair for under $2,000 that performed better than my prescription hearing aids. I also tested a $699 pair
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