Money

One-Third of Retirees Go Back to Work. Why?

If you need the money, going back to work or keeping your job makes a lot of sense. But research has also revealed that even retirees of...

July 17: Boomers are Rolling in it.

... and the usual suspects are angling for a few squares. I think a trillion dollars has something like twelve zeros, a number one, four...

Eating Ourselves

How we fund the means of our dysfunction “If people in the media cannot decide whether they are in the business of reporting news or...

A Shop Keepers’ Elegy- May the Spring Winds Blow Warm

Just a rumor, but I’ve heard another of my favorite eateries will not reopen due to the economic devastation wrought by the pandemic. In...

Answer the Call - Become a Warrior

Some point skyward when describing the ‘call.’ Others tell of an inexplicably tickle or quiver of the conscious. Evidently, the voice of...

Making Difficult Financial Decisions

How am I preparing for the next financial smackdown? By Jim Baron- As a baby boomer, it’s safe to say retirement is a significant part of...

Now What Do I Do?

By Jim Baron Are the Markets going to Crash? The financial news stories are confusing. How is a person to make sense out of the economy...

Rock Stores and Drinking Cows

“These eyes. These eyes cry every night for you…” Ah. The rock and roll of the Guess Who blare from cheap speakers hung from the rusty...

Who CARES? Boomers Do!

By Jim Baron The Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act, now known as the CARES Act has potential implications for baby...

The Seduction of Free Money

Most of us have a bit of free time these days. From what I hear, we’re passing the time by consuming more fermented liquids, chips and...