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 […]
GoFundYourself
I don’t give money to those GoFundMe campaigns and probably I never will. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve seen folks beg for monies like street corner panhandlers because their mom died or their best friend died or their spouse died and now they need money to pay for a funeral or to […]
How to spend an unreasonable amount of money
A fellow insurance advisor tells a story worth its weight in paperwork for those with eyes to hear and ears to see: *** “Wife admits cheating and announces she’s leaving and moving in with him. Husband goes outside and shoots himself. Life (insurance) covers suicide if policy is in force longer than 2 years. She […]
How to shelter your ass-ets from changing financial winds
Surprise, surprise. Weather.us is reporting that hurricane Florence is now most likely to stall over Wilmington and then head west or maybe southwest. But maybe we won’t escape the rain. Who knows. At this point, it’s anyone’s guess. But, Jack Sillin is a pretty smart fella and has taken the time to explain why Florence […]
“Money” is not a 4-letter word
It’s a 5-letter word. But seriously, money seems to be this thing no one wants to talk about but yet… EVERYONE worries about. Everyone is TERRIFIED of it… of doing something wrong. And the less you know about how to manage money, the MORE likely you are to mess up, which… doesn’t help the anxiety […]