African Swine Fever presses pigs lower So far, North American pig farms have been free of African Swine Fever (ASF). No longer. It has been…

Prior to the 2020 election, candidate Joseph Biden proposed significant changes to the taxation of capital gain income. Pronouncements from the Biden campaign had been…

Lately I’ve been reading about stoicism and the philosophical mindset of a stoic. When hearing the term stoic, I always imagine a somewhat gruff and…

You’re right in the middle of the home buying process. It’s all new, exciting and a little confusing. You think you understand the process: You…

Most advice about retirement planning focuses on how to save enough money to replace your paycheck. But work provides us with a lot more than…

Hi-yo silver away The World Gold Council is reporting U.S. dollar dumping and record gold-buying, which has stimulated sudden interest in accumulating precious metals. According…

In some ways, the U.S. credit reporting system has improved. Credit freezes, which lock our credit information to deter identity theft, are free and fast….

Floods and fires devastate beyond words Floods in northwest Germany and Belgium early last week caused “devastation beyond words,” according to Chancellor Angela Merkle. It…

Water wars brewing As of today, the intensity and number of extreme wildfires are breaking records in our Northwest and British Columbia. Much of our…

Few economists predict we’ll return to the double-digit price increases of the late 1970s and early 1980s. But knowing some of the ways consumers coped…