Locally, our country fair is on, and the wife and I went last evening. We watched the pigs, goats, ducks, chickens, produce, flowers, and sheep get judged and awarded their respective ribbons. We even bought a shower head that filters out the chlorine…supposedly. (Important. See Don’s Column for Friday) As the sheep went bah, bah, […]

’Hey Don, will gold be lower tomorrow?” Who knows? A lot of people seem to think they do, and this is really a sad state of affairs. Stock brokers are widely known to predict prices…to make a sale. “Better buy today Mabel, as this stock will shoot up tomorrow,” might be typical of a stock […]

For several years now, I have urged my clients and others, to buy silver (AG) if they have a place to store it, plus some patience. All things require patience, be it a marriage, raising kids, watching the grass, flowers, kids, or corn grow. Without patience, we’d be in a heap of trouble. When people […]

“Shave and a haircut, two bits.” Ah those were the days! We know that a quarter is also known as “two bits,” and that when a shave and a haircut was a quarter, it was back in the 1930’s and earlier. Actually, that shave and a haircut for two bits, was the common price for […]

For you out there who aren’t accountants, (neither am I), GAAP stands for “Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.” In other words, financial institutions want good figures before they loan. The stock market wants good figures too. It’s very easy to fudge on accounting, to make everything look like roses when the outfit is going down the […]