DON’T CHASE PRICES

Launa sent me to the store to buy bananas. I was expecting them to be .69 a pound but when I saw they were only .49 a pound I bought more than she asked for. I like a bargain and when I see one I stock up. I am even worse when it comes to…

OVERLOOKED STOCK OPPORTUNITIES

Last week I pointed out the irrational prices of some high-flying tech stocks and mentioned that even though I love tech in the long run, I questioned whether it was worth what Wall Street was paying. Stocks, at some point, will usually return to a reasonable level based on value. I was glad to see…

IS HIGH FLYING TECH JUSTIFIED?

The current big market news has not, in my opinion, been the return to record levels but the way in which those levels have been attained. Many businesses are still languishing while market indexes have been pushed up largely by the meteoric rise of a relative handful of high-tech companies. I feel this is creating…

MAINTAIN YOUR STRONG FOUNDATION

I decided to tackle the project of cleaning up my massive photo library from the past decade. It has been quite a walk down memory lane to times that were much different than they are today. While doing so, a friend called for some financial advice. He has been working on some investment opportunities but…