Good morning. Investors seem to very much like the tax bill … as markets once again reached new records. Of course, there might be a price to pay somewhere down the road … but as long as the music is turned up and the liquor is flowing … concern over the cost is for some […]
“It’s not about where your starting point is, but your end goal and the journey that will get you there.” —Unknown I’m standing in the Exhibit hall at QuickBooks Connect Toronto, and someone asks if I heard the news about TSheets. I pulled out my phone and there are two emails. One from Kim Amsbaugh […]
Five years ago I was invited to the very first Intuit (INTU) VIP Summit. I almost missed it. I ignored the “memo.” Then Kim Amsbaugh (@kamsbaugh) from Intuit reached out to me and made it clear that they would really like me to be there. It made me feel important. Up until that point, I […]
The Back Story A while back, my wife and I decided to get rid of our Keurig coffee machine and get a French Press. We had read an article about how bad the K-Cup machines are and how the inner tubes develop a build-up over time. Yes you can clean them, but that’s the problem. […]
Anybody who has ever managed me, and any job where I’ve worked, has no doubt experienced the frustration that comes along with lack of control. They could never control me. No one could then, and no one can now. My parents learned this lesson the very hard way, a number of times. Now they will […]
Reusable Falcon 9 rocket is a triumph for SpaceX’s Elon Musk http://www.floridatoday.com/story/tech/science/space/spacex/2017/03/31/reusable-falcon-rocket-triumph-spacexs-musk/99881926/ When I was younger, I had no interest in History. I found it, incredibly boring. Now, as I’ve gotten older, I find it VERY interesting. In my online travels this week, I stumbled on this article, which I found really interesting. This Is […]
Well that sums it up in a nutshell, and of course the anti-trump people did not hesitate with the memes, and very large L’s all around the internet. Then I saw talk of whether or not Trump should fire Paul Ryan. Should he? Or should he take responsibility for the failure of the act to […]
The jobs report came in strong, and the fed raised interest rates. What’s more is that the Fed has made it clear that rates will be raised again. Bottom line, is that this is the time to refinance any variable rate debt to fixed rate debt. If you are thinking of buying a home, do […]
Good morning. I have a charity event early this morning (forcing me to write most of my commentary the night before) so even mentioning how the market might open would only be a guess … but wait a minute … that would make it like most days come to think of it. So I might […]
Job numbers came in strong, and this is good. This seems to indicate that the Fed will be much more excited about increasing rates. The question is, what will happen when the fed increases interest rates again? And how much will they increase them? 25 basis points? 50? If the fed comes in with a […]
Good morning. One measure of jobs came out this morning and … heavens! … the number of those newly employed … reported by ADP … beat economist estimates by a substantial margin. But wait a minute! If we were already at “full employment” … how do we keep hiring? Well … there has always been […]
Good morning. Almost two decades ago, investors were pretty full of themselves … as many stocks were soaring … and television was ripe with commercials touting how anyone (including an island-owning tow truck driver) could make millions just by doing something as simple as picking stocks. Sports bars had scrolling stock prices on the televisions […]