Now that the fall is here, it is a good time to tighten up your budget before the holiday spending splurge! Christmas and Hanukah shopping can get out of hand if you let it. Heed these money-saving tips to avoid overspending: Consider Installing LED or CFL Lights Where Possible: New lighting technology has come a long way the past decade. …read more →
Legal sports betting hit an all-time high during the first week of NFL (National Football League) games last week! According to Tech Firm Geo Comply Solutions, there were 58.2 million betting transactions between the Thursday September 9th, and Sunday (September 12th) Night Football games. Since 2020, legal sports betting transactions have doubled. Much of this is because of the increase…read more →
The fall is here bringing with it another allergy season! The USA loses millions of dollars in annual production from employees calling in sick due to allergies. Many persons (like myself) suffer from adult-onset allergies, while others have been suffering since childhood. Did you know that only 8 types of foods account for approximately 90 percent of allergic reactions? As…read more →
Small businesses are the financial backbone of the United States! As of August 2020, the number of registered small businesses in the USA exceeded 31,000,000. I can tell you from experience, it is NOT easy to run a small business. During this Covid-19 Era, it is even MORE difficult to run a small business. Over the past few years, new…read more →
Take a look at my top 8 money-saving tips when preparing for back to school.
Pizza is my favorite food! The passion for pizza goes way back to my early childhood when my Sicilian Grandmother, Anna Intelisano, made her own pizza for us. At our house, for a variety of reasons, we would often have pizza on Friday nights with cannoli for dessert. Pizza was invented in Naples, Italy in the early to mid-1800s. The classic Margherita-style pizza…read more →
Your credit score is one of the most important measures of your financial health! I have found that few advisors have a handle on how to coach their clients to improve their credit scores. There are ripple effects to having good or poor credit. The better your score, the easier you will find it to be approved for new loans and or…read more →
The USPS (United States Post Office) is and has been facing a financial, service, and public relations crisis the past few years, before current Postmaster Louis DeJoy was appointed to run the Postal Service by its Board of Governors last May 2020. It was an odd hire as Mr. DeJoy, unlike other postmasters, had no USPS experience and had been…read more →
Now that we are well into the summer, many persons (like myself) are looking forward to next week’s Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, torches will be lit on Friday, July 23rd. There are and will be many interesting stories, and new stars will be born. The USA Olympic trials have already had interesting stories, such as Simone Biles’s quest to…read more →
The Google definition of inflation is: “A general increase in prices and fall in the purchasing value of money over time. Inflation can occur when prices rise due to increases in production costs, such as raw materials and wages. A surge in demand for products and services can cause inflation as consumers are willing to pay more for the product.”…read more →
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