Collecting My Thoughts

  I've enjoyed the Facebook photos of Keith Fernandes, a friend of our children, spending his vacation remodeling his bathroom. The work...

All the numbers look good according to the pro-Biden reports. Except when corrected for inflation they are all underwater, from retail to ma...

I've suggested that if you have a pension or private investments, you take a look at the Annual Reports to see what the DIE (diversity i...

Hillary Clinton (still making the rounds of the sympathetic talk shows), Nancy Pelosi and all the rest of the Democrats trying to save Obama...

I don't know exactly how venture capital works, but when I read that Ohio State University is involved in the Rev1 Ventures which is a f...

We attended Dave’s business anniversary event http://www.sco-advisors.com/ last night in a sweet little 19th century restored cottage,  and...

I know there are some who think Medicare is "free" healthcare, and believe all Americans should have it rather than the ragged, p...

I received a notice today that my investment advisor had purchased 10,000  bond shares in a company I'd never heard of so I researched ...

In going through my e-mail this morning I noticed we had purchased 35 shares of Whirlpool (investment advisor) for $5,124.89 at $146.4254 a ...

What happens with employees investing in 401(k)s? The investment behavior of  9,600 Alcoa workers was examined between 2003 and 2010 for rac...

"In 1978, 25 year old college dropout John Mackey and 21 year old Rene Lawson Hardy, borrowed $45,000 from family and friends to open t...

“Some TurboTax customers are mad at Intuit, maker of the popular tax-prep software, because they've finished their returns but are unabl...

One of the better and easy to understand explanations I've seen. Especially that 100% death tax.

The problem with Obama's desire to raise taxes is it is a job killer and a way to punish the successful--the dream of all socialists/mar...

Another segment of our society who thought the bubble would never burst--private art museums. In today's WSJ we find that Magnes Museum ...

USAToday on Jan. 18 had an article about a well-educated, wealthy couple who were apparently not real smart about money. Their marriage was...

Maybe we'll just move in with the kids. Got this in my e-mail today. DO YOU HAVE ENOUGH TO LIVE THE RETIREMENT LIFE YOU WANT? Merrill L...

But they don't say it that way, do they? Sometimes you hear, twenty-six years, or even "the 1930s." FDR is never blamed for t...

Stop waiting for the President to do something. Stop applying for phony "shovel ready" stimulus money (as of yesterday less than 1...

A home is not a financial investment This is one of the myths our government, regardless of party, has told us. That's how we got Fanni...