Hey, I'm Kevin. Welcome to my personal weblog. Thanks for visiting, and I hope you'll stick around a while. I write about family, school, business, politics, sports and more. I'm 23 years old, and I write it like I see it.
Not only are we getting gouged by Kanku’s and many other gas stations, but here’s a statistic for you to consider. From it’s recent highs, the price of oil is down 33%, while the price at the pump is down 7%. I’m a firm believer in capitalism and a free market economy, but it seems [...]
I still cannot find anybody to explain to me how raising taxes on businesses and imposing windfall profits taxes on oil companies will help the middle and lower classes.
I know the Barack Obama plan calls for a much larger beauracracy than we currently have, and that it must be funded somehow. But the notion that [...]
Many young people have dreams of starting their own business, but factors such as fear and lack of resources and support dampen those dreams and often discourage young people from starting their own business.
22-year old Ooltewah High School graduate and business owner, Melissa Hicks, founded Project New Vision aiming to provide a network for young [...]
Many of you that know me know that investing is one of my hobbies. I am a self taught stock and options trader, and I am constantly looking for new investment opportunities. There is an article in today’s Times Free Press entitled Debit Card Trend Rising, which prompted me to write this quick post. In [...]
Former Speaker of the House, Newt Gengrich, has started a non-partisan organization called American Solutions for Winning the Future. It was “designed to rise above traditional gridlocked partisanship, to provide real, significant solutions to the most important issues facing our country.”
I personally like his message, and I encourage you to check out their website [...]
I started a new personal investing challenge at the first of May. I started with $900 and a Zecco Trading account, and my goal was to grow that amount as rapidly as possible without sacrificing the importance of smart trading. It’s one thing to grow your money at a fast pace, but it’s another to [...]
If you’re like me, you probably cringe every time you pull into a gas station to fill up your car. Here in Chattanooga, the average price for a gallon of regular unleaded has been treading around $3.65. How would you like to save 5% on every gas purchase you make no matter the [...]
I’m currently working on a site that will focus on building long term wealth by investing early and practicing fiscal responsibility. This article is an example of what might appear on that site.
How many of you have considered or are considering purchasing a hybrid vehicle in response to rising gas prices? I would [...]
I’m going to focus much of my writing over the next few months to financial talk. I’ll start today with how I completely wasted $2,600 over the past 12 months!
Around this time last year, local public golf course, Windstone, announced they would go private. For their membership drive, they were offering a no-initiation [...]