There’s a reason why banks are so profitable. Quarter after quarter they show billions of dollars in profits. As most of us know, one major reason for this is banks pay depositors less than 1% return on their savings accounts and use those … Read More…

Averages are supposed to be rather dull and undramatic. After all, they’re just “average.” No one would put a bumper sticker on the family car that says, “My Son is an Average Student at George Washington Elementary School!” But I have one average … Read More…

“A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.”– David Brinkley I suppose few of you know who David Brinkley was. He was a newsman and together with Chet Huntley was a pioneer in the … Read More…

If you follow mortgage industry news you’ll discover that Wells Fargo probably has the single biggest chunk of the business right now. Often the company with the most business also leads in customer service. That’s why Amazon has been able to build up … Read More…

If one of our big-time Hollywood script writers penned this story, it would get a name like, “The Case of the Missing Money.” The money in this mystery story isn’t the inheritance of some rich oil tycoon. What is missing is the economic … Read More…