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I’ve been getting daily questions lately about I-Bonds. The current economic environment has obviously thrown these financial products into the forefront. First, while it seems like consulting with a banker or financial adviser to learn about these...

One of the best things about talking to people about money, markets and the economy every day is I get to stay on the leading edge of the worries and concerns permeating our collective experience as Americans. In the age of the internet, it’s not...

When I was in my early teens I went to the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago with my Uncle Oz (Oscar Lubke).  As a former NFL player and All-American in college he stood at 6’4” tall with very broad shoulders, he was an executive for...

I see a lot of things on my daily drive to and from Warsaw. I've been pushed off the road by semis, I've seen accidents, I've hit a deer, at one point my sister-in-law and I saw a man with an aluminum foil hat... it's been a journey. This morning...

We’ve had an interesting couple weeks in the world of finance and economics. Based on recent news and headlines, it’s clear to me at this point that finance itself is being used in radical new ways, some of them embraced and accepted, some of...

Cable news has become all Ukraine, all the time. I know the topic is onerous, but I am getting enough questions every day that I felt I should address the crisis in the column. It's important to remember, this is a finance and investing column. While...

Effective leadership usually falls somewhere in a spectrum between the influence leader and the accountability leader.  The influence leader is one who will convince people to march with them. They excerpt control by getting people to do it with...

A big CONGRATULATIONS to all of the Region gymnastics teams and individuals who have qualified for the high school state meet this Saturday. These athletes come from the toughest Sectional in the state, with teams ranked #1, 2, 4, 6, 9, 12, and...

It’s always been fascinating to me to work in an industry which is so heavily advertised on TV. Maybe I’m biased by my own attention span, but it seems to me that during a typical three-hour televised football game the viewer is subjected to no...

I encourage readers to visit the website usdebtclock.org. The site itself is beautiful, with multi-colored numbers all moving at once as compound interest affects the nation’s financial condition, and the bigger the monitor, the more...