HAVE THE COURAGE TO SAY NO

We recently decided to take our grandson Braxton on a quick trip to California.  We were going to leave right as he got out of school so the night before he had his backpack ready and at the door. We were all so excited. He had never flown in a private plane before so he…

MARKET CRASH STUNS NATION!

Now that’s a headline! I am somewhat of a headline junkie. I enjoy comparing what was said, to what is really going on. This week the stock market generated some great new ones for my collection. A New York paper stated, “Crashing stock market wipes out all gains for 2018.” Wow, that sounds terrible, until you…

A PORTFOLIO YOU CAN HARVEST

Through much of my life I maintained some sort of garden, even enjoying sprouting vegetables from seed in a small greenhouse so as to have the full experience. Though I tried all sorts of crops, I always loved tomatoes the best and felt I could be happy just living on them entirely. One year I…

INVEST LIKE A PROFESSIONAL

When I was learning to fly, a client who was a retired air force pilot told me he was selling his airplane. He was sad about it because he loved to fly and his family loved flying with him. When I asked the reason he said that he was no longer able to commit to…