After 20 long years the Carolina Hurricanes are once again the Stanley Cup Champions! Usually, the trophy gets the attention because it is the greatest, most difficult to win trophy in sports. It has traveled the world, been SCUBA diving, and babies have been baptized in it. The celebrations are fun to watch, but have…
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June 27th, 2026
Financial Lessons from Hockey
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April 3rd, 2026
Financial Lessons in the Bible
With Easter approaching I wanted to do another post about financial planning with teachings from the Bible. I have written on this before, but there is always something new to learn. There are over 2000 mentions about money in the Bible, so I think we should definitely pay attention. However, we should be careful to avoid…
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March 3rd, 2026
Lessons from Landman
Landman is one of those television shows that, surprisingly, have some life lessons. I’ll try not to spoil much of the story, but I wanted to discuss a few of them. I believe there are three lessons that can be useful to us on our financial planning journey. Landman is another one of Taylor Sheridan’s…
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December 20th, 2025
Four Investing Lessons College Football Teaches Us
Recently, I realized that there are four investing lessons college football teaches us. There are probably more similarities as money and sports definitely go hand in hand. However, I believe these lessons can actually help you in your financial plan. Some of my favorite childhood and adult memories involve attending college football games with my…
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September 10th, 2025
The Disability Challenge
I have never used TikTok, so I don’t understand the point of TikTok Challenges. However, I do see them on the news. Who decides which act of craziness becomes worthy of being a TikTok Challenge? It reminds me of fashion trends with back-to-school clothes. Who decides what brand will be the “it” style this year? …
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June 30th, 2025
Summer Side Hustles
As spring turns to summer, many people begin looking for additional sources of income, which we call side hustles. I’ve never been a fan of that term. It feels like we are trying to scam our friends or we’re cheating on our fulltime job. I’m hoping this post will show up when you Google search…
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December 22nd, 2024
Hillbilly Bully Market
Hillbilly Elegy, by J.D. Vance, and Bully Market, by Jamie Fiore Higgins, are two wonderful books! In fact, they are so good they made me violate my no blog in December rule. Normally, that’s a little Christmas present I give myself. I enjoy writing, but coming up with new content each month can be stressful. …
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November 28th, 2024
What can the election teach us about investing?
There is a motto among investors that shareholders “vote with their feet.” Remember when we buy stock, we own a piece of a company. That means we can vote on things like electing a board of directors. Most of today’s investors don’t care about voting on corporate stuff. We just want to buy a stock…
