The Beauty of Investing

The Beauty of Investing

At the beginning of this month, I was listening to a podcast (like usual). It just happened to be the Dave Ramsey Show and Dave was going on a rant about the media. He was frustrated that the media only reports the doom and gloom of the stock market crashes, but never reports positive stock market reports.This frustration stemmed from the fact that the S&P 500 earned 20% in 2017 and there was no mention of it on the nightly news. The nightly news may mention a daily gain or loss, but rarely mentions the gains over the course of a year.

Our 2018 Goal of Frugality

Our 2018 Goal of Frugality

Happy New Year! It's that time of year where people make all kinds of new year resolutions. Two months later those resolutions of working out saving money are gone. I have never been a big fan of resolutions, because I feel like everybody breaks their resolution. Therefore, I never set resolutions, but instead I set goals.

It's The Giving Season

It's The Giving Season

Greetings from snowy Nebraska! We are visiting my family this year for the holidays and I get to enjoy a light dusting of snow as I write some today! My wife and I always want to see a White Christmas when we visit my family. This year we were lucky enough to enjoy a White Christmas without any of the travel problems of a major snow storm.

19 Ways to Save Money This Holiday Season

19 Ways to Save Money This Holiday Season

I know that Christmas is not that far away and most of you probably have all of your shopping completed (unless you are like me). I tend to wait until the last minute to complete my shopping, because of the business of basketball season.With Christmas break upon my family, I have more time to complete my holiday gift shopping and even find more time to write. Here are 19 ways that you can save this holiday season, not only on shopping.