My Kids College Costs are Scaring Me

I have a son who will be a senior in high school in September.  He has been told that he is a pretty good football player.  He was invited to several college football tryout camps this summer. June and July each year are the most important college football camp months...

Summer Football Investment Lesson

The Dow Jones Industrials and the S&P 500 are back trading at all-time high price levels again.  Stock market investors should be very happy that the summer of 2013 has not included any investment pain and angst. But like the Minnesota summer, the current stock...

The Financial Media Gets Paid

Am I the only stock market investor in Minnesota who thinks this way? All you ever hear on CNBC is trade, trade, trade.  The same reaction to any economic or company news is to “do something.” Most individual investors don’t care about the daily economic, political,...