Thoughts and Observations for Your Career and Life

Thoughts and Observations for Your Career and Life

If someone offers you a free horse, cattle, donkey, mule, or goat; it’s probably best to pass unless you like repairing fences, gates and barns while trying not to get kicked, bit or hooked.  The same general principal applies to anything mechanical, especially...
The Red File

The Red File

I’m of the age now that when the phone rings in the middle of the night, it’s normally not an invitation to join a great party.  In fact, when it has occurred, I’m grateful for when it’s a wrong number or something funny.  But like some of you reading this, I’ve...
Possible Changes to Retirement Accounts for 2023

Possible Changes to Retirement Accounts for 2023

There has been a fair amount of press coverage over the past two weeks about potential changes to retirement accounts in 2023.  All of this of course is subject to being passed by Congress and signed into law by the President, but a number of the changes...
Year-End Financial Checklist

Year-End Financial Checklist

This checklist should provide some actions that apply to your unique situation.  It will, hopefully, help you minimize your taxes or avoid penalties.  It may also help your estate planning and charitable giving.  In difficult years like 2022, there can be...
What Insurance Companies and Casinos Have in Common

What Insurance Companies and Casinos Have in Common

Casinos and insurance companies have more in common than you might think.    Casinos know the odds and probabilities of every game.  They know the odds are in favor of the casinos, not the people placing bets.  So, casinos spend a lot of time...