Every April, 254 amateur college football athletes realize their dream and are selected by an NFL team in the NFL Draft. Many NFL executives put their reputation and their job on the line based on the selections they make in the NFL draft. As with the stock market, NFL executives must make decisions based on …
Socially Responsible Investing: Do You Have to Sacrifice Performance? There is an old adage that a person would have to sacrifice performance if they were interested in investing in socially responsible funds. Is that the case? Do people have to make a choice between increasing the performance of their accounts and investing in companies that …
Socially Responsible Investing: How do you Manage the Managers? Let’s say you’ve made the decision to move from traditional investments to a socially responsible fund. How do you know if a fund you are looking to purchase is actually avoiding firearms? Are the funds investing in oil companies? Are there ESG funds that have more …
Socially Responsible Investing: What is it? If you are passionate about a particular cause such as global warming, equal rights or firearm safety how do you take action? Realistically, there are two entities than can enact widespread change: governments and corporations. If you want political change you can protest, donate to a special interest or …
Time really does fly. It does not seem like that long ago when I was sitting there in the ICU, machines beeping a consistent cadence in the background, gazing in disbelief at my father. The minute I walked into that room; I knew this was different. I had sat by his hospital bed before, but …
With the pandemic hitting in 2020, we found ourselves stuck in our houses which was hard for everyone. My family and I had moved into our house about six weeks before COVID-19 shut down and with little to do to entertain our two-year-old, I did what everyone else did. I looked at buying a swing …
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People may look at someone that is successful or wealthy and assume it was the result of God given talent or that they got lucky. People tend not see what it takes to get to a certain level or achieve a desired result. The reality is that in most cases, success or achievement is the …
Sometimes we focus on the wrong thing. We focus on the result, not the process. With retirement planning, everyone wants to know what their magic number is. How much will a person need to retire comfortably? In reality, that number can change based on many factors of a person’s retirement. We should disengage from traditional …
At the moment, I’ve been a father for a little over three years which means I’m an expert and I know everything about being a parent. Just kidding, I feel as thought I have a long way to go and I’m not sure I’ll ever get there. In the mode of “I’m teaching them, but …
