With all the talk lately about the negatives associated with inflation I knew eventually folks would start asking about something positive, such as a potential bump to Social Security benefits. Inflation can’t be all bad, right? As you may be aware, Social Security benefits are eligible for a cost-of-living adjustment (or COLA) every year based on how inflation looks during the third quarter compared with the third quarter of the prior year. If it’s positive, even…

Maybe bitcoin grows up to rule the world someday. Possible but unlikely. Whatever its future, it’s not going away, so the question is what to do about it. Should you own bitcoin? If so, why? FOMO is a real and powerful force and is also not a good enough reason. There needs to be more. As I mentioned some time back, I’ve been delving deeper into the emerging digital assets space trying to answer these questions. My research led to some interesting and novel places…