“Ugh . . . why is gas so expensive?” you yell at the sky as you cough up $50 to fill up. Here’s the short, nerdy answer: Most of the time, gas prices go up when the price of crude oil goes up. Lots of stuff affects the price of oil,…

You’ve probably heard it before: Nobody buys or sells a home in the winter, right? Well, if you check the numbers, you’d see that plenty of homes are sold during the coldest months of the year. According to the National Association of REALTORS®, over 13,000 homes are sold per day on average…

So you want to go to college (or maybe continue on to grad school). But you feel like the only way to make it happen is by taking out student loans. Hold it right there! Let me speak to you real quick before you sign on the dotted line. Hey,…

Do you ever see people who are living their retirement dreams and wonder, What the heck did they do to get there? There’s joy in their voices as they talk about their plans to travel the world or be outrageously generous. And it’s contagious! Market chaos, inflation, your future—work with a pro…