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A photo for Swim a Lap day

Today is National Swim a Lap day, at least on some random calendars of weird holidays. No matter! If you don’t know how to swim, check out the USA Swimming Make-a-Splash program.

The Basics of Financial Advice

A lot of people know very little about personal finance, which is a problem because it’s not very hard and it has a huge effect on their lives. It’s a lot like cooking – you can make it hard if you want to, you can spend a lot of time on it if you want… [Read More]

See me talk about the City of Chicago’s finances

The City of Chicago’s finances are complicated, aren’t they? The city has pensions to pay, infrastructure to build, and children to educate. We all want stuff for free, which is a problem in collecting taxes. Back in 2015, I appeared on WYCC’s public affairs show, In The Loop. WYCC is no more, sold to help… [Read More]

Notes from a recent tour of the CBOE

Over the years, I have had the opportunity to go on the floor of four major U.S. exchanges – the NYSE, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, the Chicago Board of Trade, and the Chicago Board Options Exchange. The floors are closed to the general public; even visitors galleries were closed after September 11, 2001. It’s a big… [Read More]

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