With fall in full swing and snow adorning the mountain tops, I turn to a classic
dish for a little winter comfort: Campbell’s Tomato Soup. First introduced in
1895, the can would don its fami…
The Denver Post has kicked off the 12th year of its Top Workplaces awards
program. The nomination process has begun, and the first deadline is Nov. 4. Any
organization with 50 or more employees in …
If you are confused by the stock market, you’re not alone. If you spend 20
minutes watching any of the financial news networks, you’ll be exposed to
multiple opinions about where we are headed. Som…
My coach Dan Sullivan likes to say, “Amateurs practice until they get it right;
professionals practice until they can’t get it wrong.” From athletics to
engineering, medicine to m…
Regardless of whether you believe that cryptocurrencies will play a role in the
future of finance, the recent collapse in price for some crypto assets offers
important lessons for investors. This i…
The COVID pandemic prompted people to give more of themselves to their work in
the spring of 2020, but over time, especially in the last year, workers have
decided to focus more on what they want o…
If you consider all the different threats to your retirement security, inflation
is the hardest to handle. Just for fun, let’s take a look at how quickly
inflation can destroy a nice nest egg. Then…
If you’re like me, you exercise a lot. Maybe not every day, but you try to hit
the gym most days. You sweat, you grunt, you grind it out, every session.
Exercise does two things: it makes you…
You can’t read much in the financial press these days without being confronted
by the challenges of inflation. It’s hit the economy with a vengeance. We all
know that inflation erodes our purchasin…
With the global financial markets focused on the issue of inflation, many
investors are wondering what they can do to protect their portfolios and their
purchasing power. I often get these two ques…
The winter holidays are right around the corner. Soon, many Americans will
gather around the dinner table with family and friends to give thanks for
abundant blessings and freedoms as they indulge …
I’ve contributed to the Denver Post monthly for a while now, and I’m grateful
for readers who have reached out to me with thoughts, comments, and questions.
Some about my writing, the market, and b…
How do you measure your wealth? Most people assume there are two typical ways.
The first is a simple money calculation that takes everything you own, subtracts
everything you owe, and that formula …
There is no doubt that inflation is coursing its way through the economy. Yet
the amount of interest you can earn on things like CDs and money market funds is
curiously going nowhere. That’s calle…
Buying a new home in Castle Rock could soon be more expensive. The town council
is considering a ballot initiative that would increase taxes on new builds by up
to $7 per square foot for single and…
In a recent CNBC survey of millionaire millennials, nearly half of them reported
having at least 25% of their assets in cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin and
Ethereum. While surveys vary, most indi…
Read any financial website, and you’ll find a common thread among the headlines:
The market is overvalued. By several historical measures, the stock market
appears to be ahead of itself. Valu…
More than $1.1 trillion currently sits in private foundations and donor-advised
funds (DAFs) in the U.S. These two charitable intermediary tools have grown
tremendously in recent years, fueled by t…