Your Question: My mother is planning on gifting my children some money this year. Since there is enough in their 529 accounts, I thought I would open custodial accounts for them to take care of this money, and start them on the road to retirement saving and learning about investing. In your opinion, is a […]
Time-Out for CNN’s Jim Acosta
The Trump White House handed down a deserved time-out to CNN’s White House correspondent Jim Acosta. Since when did the West Wing briefing room become a Constitutional right? “Is Trump obligated to provide access to whomever CNN chooses to represent the network in the West Wing, even if the individual assigned routinely baits the press […]
Jon Tester: A Gun Rights Jekyll and Hyde
Back home in Montana, Jon Tester talks a big game on the campaign trail. According to him he’s a just a farmer who will fight for Montanans’ second amendment rights in the halls of power. But once he gets far away in Washington D.C., a sort of Jekyll and Hyde transformation must overtake Tester, because […]
“I Live in Maine, can I bring my Gun to New Hampshire?”
Thanksgiving and Christmas are major travel holidays. As you prepare for this season, it’s a good plan to review the rules of any states you’ll be travelling through if you plan on carrying your firearm. To get started, reread this post from June 9, 2017. As travel season approaches, it’s always a good idea to […]
Your Retirement Life: Is Owning a Second Home a Good Idea?
Should you buy a second home? Take a look back at this piece I wrote on October 17, 2018 for some insight into whether or not you should invest in another house. One of the sticky parts about owning a second home is property taxes. You can’t escape them. Even my favored “live free or […]
Your Retirement Life: College Towns
In isolated rural areas, college towns can be an oasis of culture. Restaurants, food, events, and more come to college towns thanks to the concentration of young people willing to spend their money on such fare. College towns can be a boon for more than students, though. Retirees can often find themselves comfortably at home […]
Bongino: Apparently, the Third Time’s a Charm for Crooked Hillary
NRA News correspondent Dan Bongino discusses the possibility of a third presidential run by the anti-gun Hillary Clinton.
Going to WAR with Your Stock Portfolio
You can stack the odds in your favor. At its root, buying above average yields means the “market” or index yields less. Your task is to root out the higher yields, a contrary stance, and pick the winners from there. Your work has just begun. Because relying simply on the highest dividend yields is a […]
Pelosi and Bloomberg want Your Guns
Gun control advocates have been cheering that 15-House Republicans with “A” ratings from the NRA lost in the midterms to ones with “F” ratings explains IBD. But what isn’t being told is that Second Amendment advocates won in the Senate, namely Josh Hawley in Missouri who defeated Claire McCaskill. Thank you Justice Kavanaugh. According to […]
Cryptocosm and Life After Google Part III
You instinctively know something evil is going on when a company’s motto is “Don’t be Evil.” As we learned in parts I and II when Google offers you “free” services (Gmail for example)—you’re the product. Will Google be able to compete against a cryptocosm several orders of magnitude larger than it could ever become? At […]