Charlie Brown’s Football and the Fed

October 19, 2023 Dear Friends: Charlie Brown’s Football and the Fed Once upon a time long ago, before PIXAR Studios and AI generated children’s movies, there was Charlie Brown.  Originally starting after World War II as a comic strip, Charlie…
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The Value of a Dollar

  April 12, 2023 Dear Friends: The Value of a Dollar Growing up I (Mitch) would spend summers staying with my grandparents in rural West Tennessee. My grandfather would work from 7-3 at the cotton mill and then arrive in…
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A Good Time For Saver!

January 16, 2023 Dear Friends: A Good Time for Savers!  The high inflation years of the early 80s were a bad time for the economy, but a great time for savers, pop music lovers, and hair bands.  It was during…
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Lessons From A Navy Seal

October 7, 2022 Dear Friends: Lessons from a Navy SEAL David Goggins is called by many “the toughest man alive.”  The Navy SEALs are one of the most elite military units on the planet and Goggins is the only person…
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Hurricanes & Tar Balls

July 17, 2022 Dear Friends: Hurricanes and Tar Balls Approximately 10 years ago, gulf coast real estate in Florida was in the dumps. After having had only 3 hurricanes in the previous 30 years, the Gulf Coast of Florida was…
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Inflation and Inflated Expectations

January 18, 2022 Dear Friends: Inflation and Inflated Expectations Early in my corporate career, I (Mitch) reported to the COO of our company who was also a great mentor for me.  One day we were preparing for a meeting with…
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Never Grow Old

October 18, 2021 Dear Friends: Never Grow Old Tom Brady is a 42 year-old professional football player.   And he isn’t just on the team, he is the leader of the team, a Super Bowl Champion, and possibly as good now…
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March Madness…You Gotta Be In It to Win It

Dear Friends, The year was 1983 and it was a great year for the NCAA Basketball Tournament. There were so many great teams like UNC with Michael Jordan, Houston with “Phi Slamma Jamma”, 7’4″ Ralph Samson at UVA and many…
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