I’m a staunch capitalist. I mean, I run a website called “Pragmatic Capitalism”. But here’s the thing – I know that capitalism isn’t a cure-all. It has to be implemented [ … ]

This was a tough week for the human race. Between the Orlando mass shooting(s), the murder of a British lawmaker and all the usual murders (that don’t get so much [ … ]

The blogger wisdom series continued today with a question about diversity in finance.  Tadas asks: It does not escape me that the entire distribution list on this “Blogger Wisdom” e-mail [ … ]

Humans have an easier time understanding the world by thinking about things in relative terms.  These comparisons help us better compartmentalize our thoughts and benchmark our performance.  Relative thinking creates order [ … ]

It’s that time of year when millions of Americans will sit down at dinner and give thanks for mashed potatoes, turkey, loose pants and American football.  I will be somewhere [ … ]

As I get older I find myself sometimes reminiscing about “the good old days”.  I’ll listen to music and say to myself “what is this crap”?  Or I look at [ … ]

The study of macro is about big things.  Really big things.  I can only speak from personal experience, but I don’t spend most of my time thinking about money, investing [ … ]

It’s been a week since I competed in Ironman Cabo and my body and mind are finally feeling back to normal.  The Ironman is aptly named as it’s a 2.4 [ … ]

The morality of eating meat has become a hot topic in recent years and has gotten some increased attention in the last few weeks after the backlash against the killing of [ … ]