As we start to prepare for the holiday season in this very stressful year, I think it might be a good time to re-visit a very well know short story. The Gift of the Magi was published in 1905. O. Henry wrote this story about a low income couple approaching the Christmas Season.             On […]

We have almost reached the deadline of this long tax season. Normally, personal tax returns are due by April 15th. Because of the pandemic, the due date was extended until July 15th. For any procrastinators out there, you can file an automatic extension form to extend your due date until October 15th. You must send […]

The Coronavirus Pandemic has created many challenges. We went from the lowest unemployment rate in fifty years to the highest in a matter of weeks. Many people did not have enough emergency funds available to hold them over until they received stimulus checks or unemployment benefits. Today, we are going to discuss some opportunities that […]

Your Financial Future Corporate earnings are being reported by some of the country’s largest and best known companies. They are dismal as should be expected considering all of the stay at home orders. It is hard for executives to give actual predictions of earnings going forward. Today Disney announced huge losses as would be expected […]

Your Financial Future The economy has been affected by this pandemic like no event before. The crisis was caused by a virus, not a financial crash like 2008. This has become a financial crash, and we will have to deal with recession. You cannot shut down many of the businesses in the country and avoid […]