by Richard Baker | Sep 11, 2024 | Articles
My kids are far enough into the new school semester that they are starting to take tests. They don’t like them, but they are a necessary evil in education. It seems to me that the US economy and stock market have also been tested lately. Investors don’t like the...
by Richard Baker | Sep 6, 2024 | Articles
My son crashed hard trying to slalom water ski. We were enjoying the last bit of summer at the lake, and my son decided to attempt to slalom ski after having only skied once before. He planned to kick off a ski and stay up on just one. But time after time, he crashed...
by Richard Baker | Aug 28, 2024 | Articles
Some of the biggest winners of the 1849 California Gold Rush were the stores that sold picks and shovels to the prospectors who had high hopes of a big payday. It seems history is repeating itself. NVIDIA isn’t selling picks and shovels, but it is selling some...
by Richard Baker | Aug 21, 2024 | Articles
Monitoring the flow of the wet weather creek at our old house was important if we didn’t want to replace our road. The creek was usually dry, but heavy rain could make it rise ten to twelve feet in minutes, overwhelming our three-foot culvert. I continually watched...
by Richard Baker | Aug 15, 2024 | Articles
Guest Article from Joe Shearrer, VP and Wealth Advisor at Fervent This week began the start of 3rd grade tackle football for my son as a player and myself as a coach. For most players in our program, this is their first year playing tackle football. With that, the...
by Richard Baker | Aug 8, 2024 | Articles
My son called me a few days ago and said the transmission was going out of his truck because it was going 6,000 RPM when it shifted. I told him to check the fluid while the engine was still hot when he got home. He said, “I forgot cars even have transmission fluid.” I...
