As I walked my students through the political wrangling of the debt ceiling, I explained the implications of our government not being able to fund

If you Google “Michael Shearn” you won’t find much on the money manager. And yet his research prowess commands an audience with the likes of

This week, the press has run every story imaginable recounting the financial implosion that began five years ago with the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy. However, as

Although the coolness of fall was absent, there was hope as the beginning of the college football season was upon us. To celebrate, Paul, a

For many of us in Texas, Detroit’s half century long implosion, and subsequent bankruptcy, seems a million miles away. It is hard to fathom how,

Occasionally, I come home to a pile of shopping bags stacked like cordwood. From behind the mountainous purchases my beloved bride asks me if I

As I stared at my computer assessing the gyrations of the financial markets, my phone rang. It was Samantha, one of my students at Texas

As Ben walked through the door, the seventy year old limped a bit and was clutching his latest investment statement. Ben is a smart, and

In my last column I discussed Warren Buffett’s advice to young people that “they follow their passion” in terms of finding a fulfilling occupation. He

As I sat in the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting, Warren Buffett and his partner, Charlie Munger, discussed a topic they’ve discussed numerous times. Frequently, a

As the clouds parted and the beautiful Texas sky opened up, I watched nearly half of my students graduate from Texas Lutheran University on Saturday

It happened so fast; unless you were staring right at it, you never saw it. However, one of our clients, Ted, was watching. He called