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Best Extended Car Warranty Companies of 2026

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Many SBA EIDL Borrowers Can’t Repay Their Loans. What Happens Now?

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Super Bowl Betting is Only Getting Easier — And Weirder

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Real Estate Investing for Beginners

Today’s article was originally going to be an economic review of Trump’s first year. In light of what’s going on in Minneapolis, it doesn’t feel right to analyze his handling of the economy. It feels like I’d be trying to shift the conversation away from immigration. The safety

Odds and Ends (February 2026)

How is everyone doing this week? It’s been a difficult last ten days or so. It started with 18″ of snow and sub-20-degree weather. In the last couple of days, it’s heated up to a balmy 25 degrees. It’s sad, but I can feel a big difference. Unfortunately,

Making Money from the TACO Trade

I was planning a longer article this week, but it needs more polish, so I’m pivoting to the stock market instead. Even if you don’t look at stocks every day, you may have heard on the news about a big drop in the indexes after the US took

My Passive Income and Life Goals Update (December 2025)

Wow, 2025 wrapped up a long time ago. I’m late in getting this out. This can be a confusing article for me to write because it also has December’s monthly totals. I’ll do my best to make it clear. Personal Update The holidays always go quickly with so

The Past Year and the Year Ahead

There appears to be some law that all articles written this time of year have to be based on the calendars changing. I was going to write a different article on some other topic, but on the advice of my legal counsel, I’ll assimulate. I’ll stick to larger

TINA is Back!

I was looking at the stock market recently, and I simply shook my head. I almost always have a pretty clear idea of what is cheap and what is expensive. However, everything looks expensive. For the first time since November of 2020, I felt like we’re in a

My Passive Income and Life Goals Update (November 2025)

It feels like I can’t get these reports out on time. I suppose that’s just as well since everyone is focused on the holidays, right? The good news is that the next one will start off the new year. Personal Update November was a busy month. My wife

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