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“There’s a bumpy dirt road before you get to the paved road.” Rough dirt roads were part of my...

My mom always had to tell me, “we aren’t opening any presents early.” Christmas Eve as a child was...

“The next person who slide tackles is kicked out of school.” I loved our principal, but he was our...

“We had a fountain under our wedding cake?” A few days ago, on our 26th anniversary, we watched...

Headline consumer inflation (inflation with food and energy prices included) slowed last month to 7.7% from 8.2% based on a year-over-year comparison.

The markets like December. Investors and financial advisors are more bullish (optimistic) in December than in any other year.

The stocks tend to bottom out and start getting better long before the economy does.

Last week’s midterm elections gave us a mixed government, the political version of a big Get Along Shirt for the Republican and Democratic parties to wear together.

Going into this month’s Fed meeting, everything was going well after the meeting when Chairman Powell kept talking and scared investors. Here’s how it went.

The S&P 500 stocks have rallied in the last 30 days over 5%. They are reacting to a positive Gross Domestic Product (GDP) report and positive signs from Federal Reserve officials.

The market was really swinging on October 13, 2022, when it swung 5.5% during a single day.

The vaccine rollout and the reopening of more businesses led both the U.S. and global economy to...

“I just need a good spark.” Our son was twelve years old when he bought a flint fire starter from...

The last several weeks have seen a very uncertain stock market due to high inflation, Putin’s war, and rising interest rates. With these things in mind, here is what I’m thinking about for the rest of 2022.

I had to make up points on the throwing events. It was field day at my elementary school, and I'd...

The markets had a big single-day drop on September 13, 2022. The Dow Jones index was -3.94%, S&P 500 Index -4.3%, and Nasdaq -5.5% making it the worst day in the market since June 2020, according to the WSJ.

“Dad, will you help me change out my headlights?” My son is just days away from his birthday and...

Since the market low on June 16, the S&P 500 Index has recovered 17% through August 16 but went backward over 3% as of August 25 (Yahoo Finance.)