Opinion

Revisiting Small Caps in a Changing Market

Last weekend, I had one of those rounds of golf that didn’t make much sense on paper. Typically, my strength is putting, the part of my game I rely on to save strokes and stay consistent. But this time, it was the opposite.
Adventures with Allie

Adventures with Allie

Adventures with Allie

There’s a moment after every yard sale where you take stock of your earnings, look around at what’s left, and decide whether it was all worth it.This year, I made about $100.

For the Children

Several Children’s Bills Awaiting Final Passage as Session Winds Down We at the Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy appreciate the diligent work of lawmakers regarding children’s policies this year. It has been a tough year with impending federal budget changes, shifting more burden to states.

Stock Market Insights

AI’s Hidden Winners: How Memory and Storage Stocks Are Driving Market Gains I took my wife to the beach over the weekend, and she thought she had left our sunscreen at home. We were at a remote resort in Costa Rica with no stores nearby.
Lessons from Embroidery; Sought with thimbles and care

Lessons from Embroidery; Sought with thimbles and care

Lessons from Embroidery; Sought with thimbles and care

Accomplishment, inspiration, frustration – all words that come to mind after I spent the past month trying out embroidery. And let me be perfectly clear I mean good old-fashioned, patience testing, bleeding fingers, 100% by hand embroidery.

Stock Market Insights

Retail Investors Are Ignoring Risk—and Driving the Market Anyway We used to ride ATVs under the bridge where I grew up. My uncles and I would build a racetrack and run them hard. One thing I quickly figured out was to watch the path ahead of me and the other riders who might stop suddenly or crash.

For the Children

Children Thrive When Parents Are In Their Lives Over the past few years, a national movement has taken off in many states to establish a hardened rule in the law that 50/50 custody is in the best interest of the children of divorce.Such laws have passed recently in Arizona, Kentucky.
Adventures with Allie

Adventures with Allie

Adventures with Allie

There’s a certain kind of quiet you only find in a small-town library.Not the stiff, intimidating quiet people joke about, no stern shushing or side-eyes over a turned page, but a soft, steady kind of quiet. The kind that makes room for imagination. The kind that feels like being safe.

Stock Market Insights

Bank Earnings: What It Told Us About the Economy Last weekend, I was coaching my kids’ youth baseball team in a tournament. They didn’t play perfect baseball, far from it.