All posts by Jimmy

Both because it’s the right move for our planet and my pocketbook, we recently installed rooftop solar photovoltaic (PV) panels to generate essentially 100% of our electricity […]

If you’re of a certain age, you may remember the inflation of the 1970s and early 1980s, along with Nixon’s wage and price controls and Ford’s Whip Inflation […]

Joe Biden wants to cancel $10,000 of federal student loan debt per borrower while the progressive wing of the Democratic party (apparently, now including Chuck “Wall Street” […]

Are you worried about inflation and want a hedge in case it bursts out of control? If so, the US Treasury offers two types of inflation-adjusted bonds […]

2022 was not a good year for your 401K. It was particularly painful because the bond market’s negative returns were almost as bad as those of the […]

As I write this note in mid-October of 2022, the US stock market is down 25% year-to-date and the bond market* is down 15%. To add to […]

We’re not halfway through 2022 and the bond market has sustained historic losses. Year-to-date, your bond investments are down somewhere between 10 and 20%, depending on whether […]

Given the state of the world and the associated stock market volatility, it’s understandable to wonder if now is a good time to panic. There’s no good […]

During our working years, we’re trying to consistently save money and grow our net worth. This nest egg funds emergency spending, other big purchases along the way […]