by Richard Baker | Mar 14, 2025 | Articles
This past weekend, I took my nine-year-old son with me for a round of golf. One of his favorite parts of the experience is getting the chance to drive the golf cart. As I guided him through the process, I quickly realized that the hardest lesson to teach wasn’t...
by Richard Baker | Mar 5, 2025 | Articles
Usually, our dog would get in the back of my truck on the tailgate steps, but if I had a trailer on, she had to walk from the trailer to the truck on a mesh metal ramp. She would just look at me like I was crazy. She hated uncertainty, and it seems investors hate...
by Richard Baker | Feb 26, 2025 | Articles
We were at a softball tournament in St. Louis a few years ago when my wife got hit in the head by a foul ball. The sports complex had four fields with a big concession stand in the middle. The foul ball came over the backstop, over the concession stand, and hit her...
by Richard Baker | Feb 19, 2025 | Articles
“Oh no, not the eggs,” my wife exclaimed last night when the news showed a semi-truck on our local interstate had crashed in the snowstorm and ruined all the eggs in its trailer. All consumer prices are pushing higher, but my clients mostly talk about egg prices. That...
by Richard Baker | Feb 12, 2025 | Articles
As my daughter prepares to enter junior high in the fall of 2025, I find myself reflecting on how much the world around her is changing. Just as she is stepping into a new phase of learning, growth, and independence, the U.S. economy and stock market are also...
by Richard Baker | Feb 5, 2025 | Articles
Several years ago, I came home to find my young son wearing a Spider-Man costume, cowboy boots, and holding a whiffle ball bat. I smiled and thought, “That kid has a lot going on.” The current Congress isn’t wearing a Spider-Man costume, but they have a lot going on,...