I’m just back from a little winter break. My wife and I spent a week in Key Largo, Florida. We don’t travel a ton. This is the first time we’ve been on a plane in a few years. We traveled a little differently than we usually do so I wanted to write about some of […]
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I was watching a YouTube video by Hugh Hewitt called Hugh’s “Hierarchy of Trouble” and why you should flee Fidelity Investments. My wife mentioned to me that we may want to consider leaving Fidelity because of this clip she watched. She admitted she didn’t watch the whole clip but I said I’d look into it.
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It’s not a trick question. I’m interested in hearing from readers. Yesterday, I posted about Elon Musk. I tried to remain neutral on my assessment, but it is hard not to admire all that he has accomplished and appreciate the value that SpaceX has brought to the once-stagnant US space program, and all that Tesla
Whether you love him, or you hate him, Elon Musk is a fascinating individual. I just finished Walter Isaacson’s fantastic biography of Elon. It’s an interesting read. Not long ago, everyone loved Elon. I’m not sure what happened, but the tides seem to have turned. I remember reading about a celebrity who tweeted that Elon
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Hi Readers! I’m always wondering if anyone is out there reading. I’ve gotten some comments on my posts, so I know Mike, Mike, Tony, and Randy are reading. My college roommate Jay commented, and my friend Mell tells me he’s learned a few things. And my wife and daughter have read a few – but
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I’m writing to you because I’m concerned about our country’s finances and I’m asking for your help. Today, we are yet again on the verge of a government shut-down. Congress has not been able to come up with a budget so our only alternative is to end services, send people home and stop paychecks.
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Given the excitement with the impending government shut-down and the politicking around a spending bill, I wanted to re-visit some of the info regarding government spending here in the good ole’ US of A. I posted about this a while back, if you’d like to take a peek. Read here. And before we get started,
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Amongst my golf buddies, we have a different meaning for the term. Ball-hawking is the obsessive hunting for lost golf balls. It turns out that I have a hereditary skill, passed on from my father, to find lost golf balls. More about this family tradition later. Often while my buddies are scoping out their next
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There has been a lot of excitement about taxing the rich via a tax on unrealized gains. Check out this article from CNN here. The title says: Ignore Social Media? In general, I agree with this strategy. Social media is a breeding ground for misinformation. The CNN article is clear that the proposed legislation targets
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Enough with the personal finance and griping about media bias. Today, let’s just have some fun and a tasty meatball sandwich. I am a huge meatball sandwich fan. To me, there is nothing better than stumbling across a sub shop that has a meatball sub that will make your knees buckle. It doesn’t happen often,
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