I bought my first home when I was 30 years old. It was at some point during the real estate closing process that I realized I was going to have to buy a refrigerator for my new digs. I was single at the time and...
The American Families Plan (AFP) is not yet law but we know what's in it, at least in its current form. (I wrote a summary of it a few weeks ago.) There's no guarantee the bill will survive the inevitable negotiations in the House and...
On Monday night I turned the TV on, headed to ESPN2, and saw Jon Gruden looking the perfect picture of confusion as he was informed that the start of a football game in a brand new, $5 billion, domed stadium would need to be delayed, due to lightening in...
It’s only a little intimidating to jump into writing the Friday Brief with the likes of Geoff, Jared, and Ryan. I figured the best way to dive into this routine is by way of introduction. So, hi, I’m Ellen, the newest team member at Beacon....
Last week on my walk into work, I noticed that some of my neighbors had already put out their Halloween decorations. I'm all for being prepared but mid-September seems a bit early to roll out the fake spider webs and half-buried skeletons. To each their...
A little over a year ago I wrote a Brief about the tax plan Joe Biden was proposing during his campaign to be the Democrat nominee for President. Here we are, 13 short month later, and the White House has unveiled their new "American Families...
On Tuesday at lunch time, I walked into a store in North Hills called Bonobos (or, per their own signage, BONOBOS). Now, this BONOBOS place is ostensibly a store for men, a place you could purchase, for example, a white dress shirt. The mistaken notion...
I've been a financial advisor for many years. In fact, it's the only job I've had since graduating from college with a degree in finance in 1995. However, prior to that I wore many hats. During my teenage and college years I worked as a...
One morning earlier this week I was outside with Olly waiting on him to do his, ahem, "business." I was running up against the time the kids and I leave for school. Nervous, I glanced down at my watch while thinking to myself, "There's got to...
I was not a rich kid, but my kids are rich kids, and that's kind of a weird place to be. My two boys went to the beach for a week twice this summer (and I did too...
