I was shocked and pleased the other day to see my # readers spike. I usually get a handful every day – thanks Mike, Mike, Tony and Randy, but June 29 was nuts. and I drilled in to see Thank You? I can’t imagine how finance-abcs.com became huge in Germany on 6/29/25. A big danke […]
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There’s a lot of worry and concern regarding AI. Some folks happily ignore it while others wonder Will AI take my job? Can AI take over my computer, car, dishwasher… and turn on me. To fuel the fire, there are lots of movies that depict robots thinking for themselves and turning on humans. I watched
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In prior posts I’ve written a love letter to the S&P 500 and one to Costco. Love is a strong word, but the S&P 500 has proven to be a tremendous wealth-builder over the last 100 years. And Costco has had tremendous success as a business while treating its customers, employees, and its suppliers and
Americans love credit cards, loans and buy-now-pay-later. Don’t believe me? Check this out. Housing debt makes sense to me. We need a place to live and houses are expensive. But the non-housing debt is worrisome. It’s increasing pretty rapidly. Let’s take a look at some household debt numbers from the Motley Fool. And some trend
Happy Friday! Tomorrow it’s Saturday. Forecast is rain just like every Saturday in recent memory. Here’s some good news for a change. Today, I read on Boston 25 News that Mel Brooks is working on a reboot of Spaceballs. Read more here. Mel is 99 years old. God bless him. From Blazing Saddles to Young
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According to the While House, the majority of Americans think we are on the right track. Even MSN agrees (with the polls, if not the sentiment). Wrong Train I think the general population’s optimism centers on a few key topics. Maybe a few other things, but those are the biggees. I can understand how Americans
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One of our readers asked about my comment about avoiding politics. My response was that debating politics never makes me happy. I’d rather talk about golf or BBQ, so I do. Today’s Political Discussion So today I had the pleasure of being part of a political discussion. It was over text chat so I can
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I’ve written about the US National Debt here and here and here. I even wrote my representatives in congress here. I try and avoid politics, but the staggering amount of debt we have, coupled with no efforts whatsoever to address the debt make me concerned. In my first post a little over a year ago,
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This is not about kitchens, but it is about dining so…close enough. Fine Dining On Saturday, my wife took me out to dinner for my birthday. We went to a beautiful restaurant with great service and to my surprise, 4 of our friends were there waiting for us. It was a nice evening. We had
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There are few things that I can truly say that I hate, but politics is right up there. In our own lives, if we can’t get something done at work, more often than not it’s because of politics. And don’t even get me started about the government. When was the last time we didn’t have
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