To understand the health of our economy, it is important to understand Gross Domestic Product (GDP).  GDP measures all goods and services that a country makes within its borders during a year.  It’s an important measuring tool that helps determine the health of a nation’s economy.  It’s also a good measuring stick for our standard [...]

What is a recession? How can looking at past recessions give context today? The National Bureau of Economic Research officially determines the beginning and the end of recessions. In December of 2008, they announced that the current recession officially began in December of 2007. Notice how they weren’t able to identify exactly where the recession [...]

When I was in high school, my soccer team made it to the state finals. In spite of a grueling double-overtime game, the score remained tied. So, it come down to a penalty shootout to determine the outcome of the state championship. I was the third of five nervous shooters on our team. When taking [...]

Every one of us has a little tiger in our woods. I’m referring to the golfing moments where for a brief second, we feel like we might actually have it in us to be decent at the insane game of golf. Playing golf has taught me some interesting lessons about investing. Most people only dream [...]