Private Equity Taking Over Main Street

 

Elon Musk Wealth

 

Business Owner Heads Up

Sources: IRS.gov & Bradford Tax Institute

Jobs of the Future

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Fork In The Road

At a recent conference in Nashville, Ed, a therapist, asked if i would drive him up the road to pick up some medication he needed since he left it at home.  Ed and I go a ways back and he is one of those people who is chock-full of intelligent humor and sweet and meaningful anecdotes.  Hence, the rest of the story about the Yogi Berra saying.  

Lucy's Last Wishes

LUCY IS FINE AND DOING WELL for a 17+ year old dog.  However, recently she was suffering from a persistent cough and after a few trips to the vet I had a moment.  Here is how it went--

The Wealth of a Nation

Adam Smith is often referred to as the father of modern capitalist economics. He was known to have said--"the decisions of individual owners to use their capital for their own gain, and of purchasers to buy for their own interests, would somehow be guided by an "invisible hand" to produce the greatest overall prosperity of society."
That was back in the day when money represented HUMAN productivity.  Needless to say our world financial systems have diverged from such a practical  measure.  Below is a clip from a piece that struck me as interesting, challenging and on some level bothersome.

Best Credit Score Trick For Kids

"It is this simple", says the father of 3 kids two of whom just bought their own cars with the best rate possible from the local credit union. Put the kids names on the most used household credit card that gets paid on time every month and has a decent credit limit.  Of course you DO NOT give a card to the kids nor do you even tell them that their names are on the card UNTIL you go with them to the credit union and they pull up their 765 credit score for an 18 year old.