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Remember, the only choice is optimism, the pessimists never get it right. With the income tax filing date deadline only 7 days away many early filers, usually those expecting a tax refund, are [...]

Remember, the only choice is optimism, the pessimists never get it right. Corporate earnings are impressive, GDP is growing as the Covid-19 restrictions ease and the unemployment rate is still [...]

Remember, the only choice is optimism, the pessimists never get it right. Surveys indicate about 75% of Americans believe they will have enough money for their retirement. Because of the [...]

Remember, the only choice is optimism, the pessimists never get it right. Several months ago, I wrote about a batch of letters economists and various talking heads might use to describe how the [...]

Remember, the only choice is optimism, the pessimists never get it right. Who would have thought? A little over 1 year age, the chicken littles of the world were predicting that the end is near. [...]

Good news! My wife Jean has given me permission to remove the plow blade connected to our tractor. You see, when we first moved to WNC, the following winter there wasn’t much snow. Not until [...]

(Quote from Chuck Swindell, Leading theologian) After a wild week, the Dow 30, the Dow Transports, and the S&P all forged new highs. “Taxes” remain the main threat to the economy [...]

Everett Dirksen, a US senator from quite a while back, was once quoted “A billion here, a billion there begins to add up”. The amount of debt piling up on the federal ledger sheet is [...]

The money faucets just keep spouting out money. Congress passed and President Biden signed into law the latest efforts to redistribute our national wealth. And I hear rumors of another $3.5 [...]

Early in my career, I heard a quote from someone pretty smart, I think it was Warren Buffett but not sure, and I quote; “Mr. Market is always ready to buy whatever you want to sell and sell what [...]