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Chip Shots: Team USA Missed Uncontested Open Shot

The 2024 Paris Olympics is behind us, but the television ratings were better than the 2021 (postponed from 2020 due to COVID) games in Tokyo. Women’s basketball, specifically Team USA’s games, average 7.8 million viewers, no noticeable change between the two sets televised games in 2021 and this summer.
August 17, 2024
By CHIP DAVENPORT

Nine Investing Myths And Why You Should Know They Aren’t Facts

Today, we are going to talk about myths that are widely regarded as truth. As Mark Twain said, “It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble, it’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so.”
August 17, 2024
By MIKE BERGEN, CIMA®

The Penalty Box: White Sox Are Historically Bad

I am a Cubs fan. You do not need me to tell you that—you already know.
August 14, 2024
By ROGER GROSSMAN

Chip Shots: Not Feeling Stuck In The Middle

Stealer’s Wheel released a surprise hit, Stuck in the Middle With You” in 1972. It was a surprise because Gerry Rafferty and his bandmates used the song to parody Bob Dylan in vocals and lyrics on a lark.
August 10, 2024
By CHIP DAVENPORT

It’s A Good Idea To Have A Plan When Coping With Market Volatility

The volatility rollercoaster usually is accompanied by an emotional rollercoaster, and this is precisely the time it’s important to have a plan and to stick with it.
August 10, 2024
By MIKE BERGEN, CIMA®

The Penalty Box: Two Big Story Lines In Local Football

Fall sports teams started practicing Monday, and that means football scrimmages are a little over a week away. There are two major changes in the local high school football scene: Tippecanoe Valley changing conferences and Warsaw moving to a new class for the playoffs in November.
August 7, 2024
By ROGER GROSSMAN

Manage Finances During Retirement To Ensure You Have Enough Money

Manage Finances During Retirement To Ensure You Have Enough Money
August 3, 2024
By MIKE BERGEN, CIMA®

The Penalty Box: Olympics Will Recover From Opening

I love the Olympics.
July 31, 2024
By ROGER GROSSMAN

Chip Shots: NBA Action In The Ivory Towers

Free agency is winding up, and most of the action remains in the Association’s ivory towers.
July 27, 2024
By CHIP DAVENPORT

The Penalty Box: Tiger Needs To Put His Clubs Away

I watch four golf tournaments each year—the four majors. I watch horse racing the same way—I tune in for the three races of the Triple Crown, even if no one is in position to win all three.
July 24, 2024
By ROGER GROSSMAN

Chip Shots: Loyalty

I follow teams more these days based on how they operate as a business rather than any regional loyalty I had similar to my days growing up in Northeast Ohio.
July 20, 2024
By CHIP DAVENPORT

The Penalty Box: This Week Is Weird For Sports

Simon and Garfunkel wrote a song and recorded their hit titled “The Sound of Silence” 60 years ago.
July 17, 2024
By ROGER GROSSMAN

Chip Shots: The Slowest Week Of Sports

I comment about this July week in sports each year: Major League Baseball All-Star break, Home Run Derby, the All-Star game itself, the ESPY awards (ESPN’s sports-related award show with huge names on the red carpet, pre-show) … and nothing else really happening.
July 13, 2024
By CHIP DAVENPORT

Follow The Three Most Important Topics In Financial Planning

In times like these, when there is uncertainty in the economy, prospective clients want to know what the most important steps are to reaching financial independence.
July 13, 2024
By MIKE BERGEN, CIMA®

The Penalty Box: Cubs Fans, Prepare For Pain

It is July, and like so many months of July before, this one will end with pain for fans of the Chicago Cubs.
July 10, 2024
By ROGER GROSSMAN
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