It has been a few weeks since I posted, I've been up to my neck in an ichthyology project. It is a fishy project at best. Time to take a look at three of the biggies investors look at when sizing up a

Debt. For most of us it is a fact of modern life and getting away from it is not only hard, it requires a massive amount of discipline as everything all around us is telling us to incur more debt for a

The title is taken off the United States currency: all debts, public and private. Why am I starting out this way? Cash is king, right? Not if Visa has its way. Visa is now paying some merchants to reject

The other day I was asked about the stock market and how it works. There is no longer a stock market, there are lots of stock markets, many of them are what are called "dark pools". A dark pool

It is Friday and time for the July 4th weekend. But before we head off for bar-b-que and fireworks lets take a peek at the antagonist of our stories. One of the greatest antagonists I have ever seen came

Hi everyone. Sorry I'm a day late with this. I sat down to write yesterday and the power went out. With no power there was only one thing to do, go on power saving mode myself. Great nap. Where does the

Hi everyone. Today I'd like to examine inflation. Inflation is not just the price of living going up and up. There is an underlying cause for it. Right now, as far as I can tell, there is no country in

It's Friday so time to take a look at an aspect of writing. I'm sitting here getting help from Ned, my Siamese cat helping me today. There are two ways to tell a story on the page. The third person point

I sat down last week to write about how the reversal of Glass-Steagall banking laws caused the financial crisis of 2008 until a post by James Corbett of the Corbettreport caught my eye. It was titled:

Welcome. It is Friday and time to look at an aspect of writing, well, a little it anyway. A story takes place in acts, just like a play. There is a lot of talk about the difference between three act and

Good Wednesday to everyone. The work week is half over and we can all go watch movies that , quite frankly, were not worth the money. Now for a look at the FDIC. The FDIC is, in theory, supposed to keep

I learned something last week. That long line on the top is for the title and not the category. Yeah, some of us are a little slow, but working to correct it. How do you get your writing done? For me,

It's been a busy week. I apologize to anyone looking for my financial comments on Wednesday when I usually post my comments. COLA (cost of living allowance) is supposed to be a measure of the inflation

There are two ways of writing a story. Well, okay, there may be more than two, but today I only want to look at two ways to do it. The two ways I'd like to examin are outlining and pantsing. Which is better?

Here in the United States we seem to be in a massive rush to get medical insurance for everyone. Our congress gave us Obamacare, which destroyed the insurance industry and put as many people out of the