Buying Insurance on S&P 500
With all the potential chaos around financial markets including the Russian financial meltdown, possible defaults, and other wild card scenarios we thought it would be prudent to buy PUTS on…
Rural Demographics in Decline
An interesting article by Reid Wilson had an update on population demographics and the news is a bit glum since it reports that rural areas of the United States have…
Batten Down The Hatches and Lower Those Sails
Some new data has come in and we don’t like it one bit so it’s time we batten down the hatches, lower the sails and drift in the open sea.…
Key Risks Next 24 Months
Yesterday we wrote about Financial Planning for Next 24 months and today we wanted to cover some of the key risks US markets may encounter over the next 24 months…
Russia’s Top Trading Partners
We often write about America’s top trading partners and generally focus on the top partners that account for 80% of trade but we were curious about who were Russia’s big…
Financial Planning for the Next 24 Months
As the Russia-Ukraine conflict continues to escalate, we’ve decided to alter our investment plan from the 10 year window to a plan for the next 24 months. Why? It is…
Which States Are Hot And Which Are Not?
Considering a job change? It’s time to take a snapshot view of where the jobs are hot and where they are not. As a general rule, if hiring in a…
Russia-Ukraine Conflict? Investment Opportunities
While the current Russian-Ukraine conflict continues to escalate the potential investment opportunities primarily exist around oil and gas investments. The Nord Stream 2 pipeline is officially on hold however Russian…
Investment Opportunity? America’s Power Grid
The Wall Street Journal had an excellent article on the state of the United States electrical grid by Katherine Blunt and we encourage you to read every word but the…
Tough Choices: Prison Guards or 911 Dispatchers?
NBC News reported this week about the shortage of federal prison guards and the significant risks associated with the shortage. Watch the report here. In Denver, there is a shortage…