Faithful readers know I am gravely concerned about the environment and this summer in Colorado – my home – has made that all too important as I awoke Monday to a blood red sun made so by the 13 active wildfires in Colorado covering roughly 220,924 acres, 21 active fires in Wyoming, 13 in Utah, […]
Tag: FINANCING
Fill ‘Er Up — And Hold On
There was a time — not so long ago — when pulling into a gas station felt routine. You filled the tank, grabbed a bad cup of coffee, and got on with your day. These days, the pump is delivering something closer to an economic news briefing. Gasoline has crossed $4 per gallon nationally, driven […]
Marching in to March
March is a darned famous month: In 44BC Julius Caesar lost an argument with some senators; 1789 the US Constitution became law of the land; in Downtown San Antonio 1836 saw the end of the fighting, end of Davy Crockett and beginning of Fess Parker; Albert Einstein arrived on 3/14/1879; and, rather ignominiously, 3/11/2020 the World […]
Super Bowl Math
My Denver Broncos missed by just a bit…and that miss ended their season so whether you’re an NFC or AFC fan, send snow ‘cuz we’re going skiing Super Bowl Sunday and we have no snow. Literally – Vail today is reporting 37” base today and that’s rocks and stumps vs. 55” as the 10 year average on […]
Welcome to 2026…
Happy New Year everyone! In Roman numerals, it’s MMXXVI; the FIFA World Cup returns, co-hosted by the US, Canada, and Mexico – the first time three countries have jointly hosted; it’s the 250th anniversary of American independence (the Semiquincentennial); and, you can get your kicks on Route 66 which turns 100 years old. I was asked […]
Tools for Under your Financial Tree
For those of you who live near or might be visiting us in Denver, the Blossoms of Light at the Denver Botanic Gardens is a great night out. And it reminds us about how valuable saving electricity is for our wallets! The most recent data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration shows that for all sectors – Residential, Commercial, Industrial […]
November Might Be A Real Turkey
Yup, it’s getting rough out there and folks are getting upset whether their winter wear is RED or BLUE. I am becoming a regular user of AI and find I am using ClaudeAI more and more and Claude told me today nationwide in 2024, about 20.3% of all scheduled domestic flights were delayed vs. October 2025 rates spiking at […]
What If We Get It Right?
Full disclosure – Jigar Shah and I are old friends and colleagues and I’ve had the privilege of working as a consultant for nearly a decade at Generate Capital, a brilliant creation of Jigar, Matan Friedman and Scott Jacobs. On my evening walk I listened to https://open.spotify.com/episode/3s0MatwSPXnYNxrAhdP58K?si=S2IpQPSIRF2eLV3xRWJpCw – a very good podcast from Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson with […]
If The Stork Brings Babies…What Does The Economy Bring?
The stork isn’t carrying the full bag of money any more…any more than the banks are. Private Credit is growing and growing at a pace that both causes concern as we watch these largely unregulated behemoths move through the economy and excites us as they transact with higher risk tolerance and generally more creativity than traditional […]
Ya Gotta Play the Cards You’re Dealt!
While that maxim has been used hundreds of times, in 1868 the first print version said: “As in a game of cards, so in the game of life, we must play what is dealt to us, and the glory consists, not so much in winning, as in playing a poor hand well.” It’s a motto I […]