Hurricane Helene. Unnamed tropical disturbances. Iran firing missiles into Israel. Dockworker strike. Upcoming election. Debates and press conferences. Now insert anything in your life that causes or enhances uncertainty and poof – you’ve got a spooky October. Congratulations! Actor Vincent Price once said, “It’s as much fun to scare as to be scared.” I have…
Can you believe it’s already October?! Three quarters of the year are behind us – one quarter to go! And what a quarter it will be. Interest rate policy will be a major point of interest in the coming months. The Federal Reserve just reduced rates by 0.50%, and they will be closely watching employment…
My dad was a blue-collar good guy, a bit rough and gruff, but that’s how he’d grown up, up north. He was Richard LaFleur, so he and my mom Maggie renamed me Richard (I’d been Raymond Franklin Veilleux until they adopted me in 1945 as a war-baby infant, maybe illegit). Dad fought in World War…
Medicare open enrollment period is fast approaching. This year, the window opens on Oct. 15 and closes on Dec. 7. Per Medicare.gov, there are actually five different enrollment periods. The first is the initial enrollment period for people who are new to Medicare. This period starts three months before you get Medicare and ends three…
I read a pretty good bit. It started as a child reading The Hardy Boys books. One summer I read enough books to win the “You Read The Most Books Over The Summer” award. There is a saying that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and at some point I began to write, probably…
Is your financial house protected from the weather and storms, foreseen and unforeseen, that will inevitably flow into your life over the remainder of your life? If you are reading this article, two things are probably true: you are probably a “mature” adult and you have probably already endured many financial storms. Some of those…
All anybody needs to know about a free economy is alive and well thanks to social media flea markets, such as Facebook Marketplace. While procrastinating every morning, I review this site looking at cars, lakefront homes and a wide variety of highly entertaining items people are trying to hock. Facebook Marketplace offers a hands-on lesson…
When my friend David French — New York Times columnist, pro-life evangelical, and lifelong conservative — announced that he would be voting for Kamala Harris, it was like dropping a Porterhouse steak amid a pride of lions. The Dispatch’s Jonah Goldberg wrote a rebuttal, asserting, among other things, that “endorsements trigger an instinctual desire to…
The Democrats at their national convention boldly said that they laid out “A Vision for America.” And – I am not making this up – their opening speech was by Stevie Wonder. Instead of issues, they kept pushing this “joy” thing. It was unquantifiable and a diversion from their record, but the press ran with…
Due to rising unemployment and a slowing of inflation, the Federal Reserve Board has indicated that it intends to reduce the federal funds rate that it charges banks for overnight loans. While there has not been a stated amount of the reduction or a set date for a reduction, the first interest rate cut is…
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