Nothing points out the dysfunctional nature of our housing market quite like Tornado Alley. How many times have we seen entire communities of 3 bedroom, 2 bath homes made out…
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A surprising number of Americans have little in the way of investments and a sad number have none at all. One has to wonder how the non-investing fraction of our fellow…
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Anyone of an older generation remembers the days when airlines were regulated and flying was a luxury. Some of you can recall the days when airlines dispensed a five pack of…
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It always comes as a surprise how fast either a bull or bear market mentality can take hold in the media. A year, two years and, all of a sudden,…
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Everybody makes mistakes. Life is one trip through the buffet line; there’s no rehearsal, no do overs, no second plates. You start at one end and go to the other…
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The situation in Greece is nothing short of financial chaos. Shares on Europe’s stock market shed a full 1% of their value and, here in the U.S., the Dow dropped…
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It’s hard enough to keep a relationship healthy in our busy modern world where constant demands on our time can sap the fun out of almost anything. It is in…
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The U.S. and China are at war, only it’s not with guns, bombs and missiles. You won’t see burned out homes on television or streams of refugees leaving cities but…
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Even the smartest people among us sometimes fall for myths and fables. Sometimes those myths come in the form of cute sayings that are handed down from generation to generation,…
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It’s a sad fact that, as we get older, there is more that can go wrong with our bodies. Like your house, car or any other complicated piece of machinery,…