
August – A good month for the stock market
Ol’ Jebidiah, The Hillbilly Sage – Well now, pull up a chair on the front porch here and pour yourself a glass of sweet tea, because the weather up here on

Ol’ Jebidiah, The Hillbilly Sage – Well now, pull up a chair on the front porch here and pour yourself a glass of sweet tea, because the weather up here on

I remember reading about this in high school, so I am going to draw on a 1927 essay by H.P. Lovecraft, the man whose name is now synonymous with horror,

Well, I hear Noel is fixin’ to write a whole story about my life, I reckon I better make sure you get the facts straight! Lord have mercy, puttin’ my

Anyone found underneath a sidewalk in Florida is guilty of disorderly conduct. (Since all sidewalks in Florida are built ON THE GROUND, I would say that’s a fair law.) In

What a $7.25 chicken sandwich shift taught me about capitalism At fifteen, I got my first job at Chick-fil-A making $7.25 an hour. I remember doing the math on my

Ol’ Jebidiah, The Hillbilly Sage July Porch Talk: What the Market Got Into in June Howdy folks, Pull up a rocking chair and let me pour you a glass of
THE AI MARKET. In the cap-weighted S&P 500, AI stocks now make up 35% of the index and contribute to 58% of its volatility. Investors looking to reduce AI exposure while remaining invested can consider the S&P 500 Equal Weight Index, where the weight of AI stocks drops to 5% and contributes to just 7% of its volatility. (Source: Bloomberg Intelligence) […]
With the help of Chat GPT, I wanted to give you an overview of the family formation weight that you may feel or have felt in the past. If you’re in your 30s or early 40s, there’s a good chance life feels financially heavier than you expected—even if your income has grown. That isn’t a […]
For those who don’t know (or have not been inside my office), I LOVE TO READ. I found a book at a used book store with my fiancé a few weeks back called “The Anxious Investor” on the shelf and figured now would be a good time as any to read it. One of the main […]
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