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Three Trends that May Change the Way You Move Money

How to Make Big Financial Decisions How do you move money? Do you pay cash? Write checks? Pay electronically from your bank account? Are you a fan of Venmo, Pay Pal, or Zelle? However you move money today, I’ll bet you are doing it very differently 5 years from now. I’m going to talk about […]

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How to Make Big Financial Decisions

How to Make Big Financial Decisions Every day we are making decisions. What are you going to have for breakfast? How are you going to spend your time at work? What time are you going to go to bed? These are decisions we may or may not give much thought to making. Some of our […]

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Trump’s Tariffs: Boneheaded? Or Brilliant ?

Trump’s Tariffs: Boneheaded? Or Brilliant? Markets are in a frenzy as I record this episode over President Trump’s most recent tariff reveal. On Wednesday, April 2nd, the President unveiled the most sweeping global tariff plan since the 1930’s. The reaction in markets has been more volatility than we have seen since Covid. Let’s pause there […]

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Are you Financially Paralyzed by “Uncertainty”

What Should I Do with My Next Moment? Part II Imagine a 65-year-old man walking into his favorite restaurant for his first cup of coffee since he retired. As he sits at a table with his buddies, he’s asked, “What are you going to do to invest your money now that you’re retired?” The fresh […]

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What Should I Do with My Next Moment? Part II

What Should I Do with My Next Moment? Part II In our last episode we took a bit of a side trip to talk about the management of a resource that is far and away more valuable than money – and that’s time. Money matters. But I would say that time matters more. There are […]

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What Should I Do with My Next Moment? Part I

What Should I Do with My Next Moment? Part I Throughout the course of this podcast, I’ve given tips on managing financial resources. But along the way, we take some side trips to talk about the management of an even more important resource – time. You can make more money, but you can’t make more […]

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Are Tariffs Really That Bad?

Are Tariffs Really That Bad? Tariff must be one of the most common words in the English language right now. President Trump says the word repeatedly, so now the rest of the world is not just becoming familiar with the word, but with the concept of tariffs. My aim today is to explain what tariffs […]

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Will Inflation Ever Go Away?

Will Inflation Ever Go Away? Inflation is one of those things you hear a lot about, but you might not understand how it happens in the first place. In an episode about a year and a half ago I used Chick-Fil-A points to help describe what inflation does to erode your buying power. Today, I’m […]

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Do We Even Need Banks Anymore?

Do We Even Need Banks Anymore? At one time in American history, paying for things was pretty simple. People used cash or checks. But technological revolution spawned a whole new era of paying for things. People have been paying with debit and credit cards for some time now, but more and more you see people […]

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Will the Dollar Remain Dominant? Part II

Will the Dollar Remain Dominant? Part II In last week’s episode I shared four reasons I think the dollar remains the most widely held form of currency in the world for the next couple of decades. More so than the strength of the dollar, I highlighted the weakness of other currencies. There just isn’t a […]

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