My great grandmother died when I was a teenager. On that happy note, let’s talk about the only time when you’re better off dead than alive. My great nana had Alzheimer’s disease. It’s probably one of the most awful things I’ve ever seen. The disease process is very predictable. You slowly lose your mind, and […]
Rebellious financial strategies to tame a bear market
Was reading a news story recently about an obscure law in North Carolina, where I live. The law prevents doctors from owning a permanent MRI machine. They must rent it from a hospital. Result? Hospitals have a monopoly on MRI machines and diagnostic testing involving said machines. Thus, people in this state pay between $1,200 […]
The Wall Street walkers
It’s amazing to me how bored people are today. How many T.V. apps are there? How many social media sites are there today? We have Apple TV (mostly for YouTube and so we can watch re-runs of old T.V. shows on Hulu) and I count no less than 20 apps. There’s probably more but I […]
Bootleg whole life insurance
A few years ago, I did a webinar where I explained some of the basics of whole life insurance. I also answered several questions and something that came up in the chat box was how someone had bought a life insurance policy and their premiums had increased over time. They said they owned a whole […]
Unintended financial advice from a dead psychologist
My wife and I have been reading some parenting books. Most of them are crap, honestly. But, not all of them. Some of the best advice we’ve gotten thus far is from the late psychologist, Haim Ginott. Ginott was a school teacher and a child psychologist in the 1950s and ‘60s. This was a time […]