That’s scary. What? First of all, what’s a commodity. Think about gold, silver or soybeans. They’re commodities. If I’m buying a thousand pounds of soybeans, I don’t really care if I’m getting them from Fred, Barney, Betty or Jethro, they’re all about the same. Same for gold and silver, if I’m buying the metal by […]
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I’ve talked quite a bit about how much I’ve saved by shopping regularly for lower priced insurance. To me, insurance seems to be a commodity. That means they’re all mostly the same, we’re shopping for the best price. I know folks who rave about companies like Amica. While I’ve never been insured with them, I’ve
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Back in March, I wrote a post where I decided to back up my love for the S&P 500 with real money. You can read the post here. I did this for 3 reasons: That said, investing in equities is scary. Everyone has their own story but mine is pretty simple. My Story I have
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This morning I read More car buyers stretching out their auto loans—but longer terms come with trade-offs on CNBC. Let’s take a look at why I believe we’ll be unhappy. Vehicles New vehicle prices are insane. Per the CNBC article, new vehicle prices are above $50,000. And since Americans love big trucks and SUVs, the
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Is there really a season? Probably not, but who wants a nice hot meatball sub when it’s 90˚ out? Yesterday it was 41˚. Now we’re talking. I’ve been on the quest for the greatest meatball sandwich for a while. Read my first post here. It’s a really good post so I won’t try and improve
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If you’re expecting a headline that the president and congress are meeting daily in an attempt to solve the budget crisis and re-open the government for the American people, sorry. You may be disappointed. The headline that makes me optimistic is from CNBC. Why? Are we on Day 40??? Somewhere around that. And if healthcare
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I’ve written quite a few posts on hearing aids. As we age, many of us develop hearing loss. Hearing is tightly linked to brain health. It’s important for us to maintain our hearing to prevent brain deterioration. So, yes, it’s important. Hearing aids are expensive. My first pair in 2016 cost over $4,000 and the
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In my personal finance classes, and even in my posts, I can feel people’s eyes starting to glaze over when I start to talk about budgets. They’re no fun. Most of us don’t want to be an accountant. And accountants are paid for what they do, why would we want to do accounting-stuff in our
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I touched on this in my earlier post on mixed feelings amount amazon. I spent a lovely late fall morning and early afternoon on the golf course and had some time to think some more about our current political situation. I think that explains my horrific front-nine score. I rallied on the back-nine. Interesting How?
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I’ve written quite a bit about Amazon. It was one of my first stock picks and it’s been a wild ride. More on that later, but I’ve been thinking about Amazon because it captured headlines twice in the past week. While not unusual, it seemed to me to be 2 very different stories. Layoffs October
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