What Was Vietnam Really Like (for me)? by John Frost In short, it was something else. My father served in the Marine Corp during the invasion of Iwo Jima and Okinawa. My grandfather served in the Army during the Spanish American War. I am sure ancestors in Europe experienced wars, military service and other upheavals. […]

Tulips in Full Bloom by Pat Rooney Today’s crypto currency runup in prices reminds me of the famous Tulip Mania of 1636 in Europe.  There, inexplicably, tulip bulb prices started rising and people began speculating on the ever-rising prices of bulbs.  The end result was an unprecedented crash a year later.  It seems silly now […]

Why Rotary? -Paul Moore   Returning to in-person meetings has gotten me thinking about why I am a Rotarian. My first Rotary membership was in Hickory, North Carolina in 1976.  I was 27 years old and in my first management position with the Boy Scouts of America.  We met at Mom and Pop’s Ham House […]

Collaboration, always. by Stacy McNeiland Henry Ford once famously said, “Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.” As we begin to emerge from the pandemic, examples of collaboration abound. Over the last year, we’ve all lived through history, and while none of us would choose to relive the pandemic, […]

Inside Look  at Wall and Broadway by John Frost Lately, many investors have been exposed to new terms and techniques which are used by Wall Street Firms and many investors do not know what or how these terms apply to “the market” for stocks. Let’s start with the term “order flow”. Most people cannot explain […]

Teaching the Kids to Weather the Storm By Dave Rhea It has been a long year! I suppose what we could think of as the new New Year falls in mid-March. I remember my last full day in my office prior to the COVID shutdown was in March of 2020 – Friday the 13th to […]