Are We Headed For $4 or $5 Gas? Here’s the short answer: if oil supplies remain constrained, absolutely. Let’s talk about what we have seen with the price of oil in the last few days. It has been a historic 48 hours or so. Oil prices closed the day on Friday at $91/barrel. On Sunday […]
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Is an Inflation Killer on the Loose? If you ask the average person if inflation is an issue, almost 100% will say, absolutely. In today’s episode, I’m going to share some of the reasons that inflation grabs our attention. In other words, I’m going to try and share what it is about inflation that causes […]
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What Do Mars and the Moon Have to do with Your Business? One thing that is different in this episode from the last one is there is very little ice left on the ground in Jackson, TN. Us Southerners love the snow, but not the ice. And frankly, we really only love the snow for […]
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This Generation’s Gold Rush This Generation’s Gold Rush – Have you ever watched old western movies? Almost inevitably, the Westerns are set in a brand-new town that has sprung up somewhere near where gold has been found. We hear stories about the gold rushes of a couple of centuries ago without perhaps realizing that we […]
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Credit Card Caps and Other Focuses That Will Affect Us All in 2026 2026 promises to be another exciting year. As I try and look ahead on a potential theme for the year, I think it will be a year very much focused on the consumer. What I mean by that is that issues which […]
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The Fed Just Lowered Rates. So What? You hear people refer to the Fed, and you might wonder what the Fed has to do with you. Lots actually. The Fed’s actions actually affect every single person in the economy, some directly and some indirectly. In today’s episode, I want to answer some questions you might […]
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We Must Contend with the Wind Whether We Like it or Not I went running yesterday morning. It was 28 degrees, and the wind chill was 22 because of a 10-mph breeze. It was dark when I left the house, bundled up three layers complete with gloves and a toboggan. Coming down one stretch of […]
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You Can’t Have it All In his 1994 country ballad, Alan Jackson asks the question, who says you can’t have it all? Many of us live asking the same question. We live as though we can have it all. We may buy what we want and do what we want and arrive at a point […]
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What is a Credit Crisis, and is One Coming? Christmas time seems to start earlier and earlier each year. I had run to Lowes a few weeks ago, and I thought it was strange to see gigantic skeleton statues for Halloween on the same isle as the abominable snow man Christmas decorations. Anyway, it probably […]
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What is a Credit Crisis, and is One Coming? Have you ever heard the term “Credit Crisis.” It’s a bit of a scary phrase, isn’t it? Anytime you say the word, “crisis” eyebrows raise, heart rates increase, and people pay close attention. I actually think the word “crisis” is overused today. If everything is a […]
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