Jokester’s question: “What is the easiest way to make a small fortune?” Jokester’s reply: “Start with a large fortune.” Of course, how do you make a large fortune in the […]
Money Matters
Finance – Teach Your Kids Finance
A couple of ten-year-old girls up the street offered to wash our cars. When asked why, they just shrugged their shoulders. One said she wanted to make more money than […]
Investors’ Column… Politics Trumps Economics
April 8, 2021 On average, the stock market gains in value about ten percent per year. But as we all know, each year is different. Some years the market does […]
Finance – What Is Wealth?
What is wealth? Where does wealth come from?How do we get it? History gives us a confusing answer: the wealth of ancient Egypt, ancient Persia, Alexander the Great, the Roman […]
Investors’ Column… Taxes and other things
If you are like most people, you do your income taxes sometime about March, and send your tax returns off to the IRS by April 15th. As you begin investing […]
