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Wed
14
May

Small Businesses Embrace Operating on the Edge

By Stephen Waguespack.
 
Many things run through your head when you are hanging off the side of a building in a driving rainstorm 308 feet off the ground. This is exactly where I found myself recently while helping to promote adoption awareness and efforts to find homes for 300 deserving children currently in state custody. The event was called “Over the Edge for Adoption,” and it involved people like me volunteering to rappel down the side of Baton Rouge’s second tallest building.

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Wed
07
May

GUEST EDITORIAL

We all need a wake-up call from time to time. It happens to the best of us. Sometimes we lose focus of what is important in life. Other times we develop tunnel vision on a certain issue and run down the wrong path without fully
understanding the consequences. In many of these moments, family, friends, or some other trusted ally, will step in, and put us back on track 
 
Wed
30
Apr

Observe Tax Freedom Day By MAking Tax-smart Investments

Tax Freedom Day, calculated annually by the Tax Foundation, is the day on which Americans have earned enough money to pay this year’s federal, state and local taxes. Of course, Tax Freedom Day is something of a fiction, because most people pay their taxes throughout the year, via their paychecks  
 
Wed
30
Apr

GUEST EDITORIAL

Our addiction to lawsuits is hurting us in more ways than we realize. This infliction is rampant, expensive and comes in all shapes and sizes. It takes the  form of embracing laws thatrestrict our citizens’ access to a  jury trial while allowing public entities to cut contingency fee legal contracts behind closed doors  
 
Wed
23
Apr

Stop the Madness

By Stephen Waguespack.
 
Our addiction to lawsuits is hurting us in more ways than we realize. This infliction is rampant, expensive and comes in all shapes and sizes. It takes the form of embracing laws that restrict our citizens’ access to a jury trial while allowing public entities to cut contingency fee legal contracts behind closed doors. It makes daily headlines in the forms of legacy lawsuits, coastal lawsuits, parish lawsuits, education reform lawsuits, pension reform lawsuits, levee lawsuits, auto lawsuits, and many others.
 

 

Wed
26
Mar

Financial Focus

you’re like many travelers, you get a little nervous when your airplane goes through some turbulence. And if you’re like a lot of investors, you may get somewhat jumpy when the financial markets are volatile. Yet flight turbulence probably isn’t as scary as it seems, and the same may be true for market volatility — if you know how to respond. Let’s look at some positive responses to market movements  
 
Wed
19
Mar

Financial "Spring Cleaning" Can brighten your investment Picture

The days are getting longer and warmer — a sure indication of the arrival of spring. Another sign of the season may be the urge you get to do some spring cleaning. But you might not have realized that some of the same spring-cleaning techniques that can be used on your home can also apply to your investments and your overall financial strategy. 
 
Wed
05
Mar

GUEST EDITORIAL

Throw me something, mister. Get used to hearing that phrase because our annual tradition we know so well is here again. You know the one I am talking about. It is the time of year where our citizens habitually flock to their
typical spot to beg and plead with members of a select krewe to shower them with trinkets and gifts. That’s right, legislative session time is here  
 
Wed
26
Feb

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Have you given much thought to collecting Social Security? The answer probably depends on how old you are — but whatever your age, you’ll want to consider the best way of incorporating Social Security benefits into your retirement income strategy  
 
Wed
26
Feb

GUEST EDITORIAL

What does high-tech look like to you? Many people think of high-tech as the gadgets and gizmos that have grown to dominate all facets of our daily lives. It wasn’t that long ago that we used our phones to talk, watched TV in real-time and used our computers to work at the office. Now, we usually mix all of those things into one mobile device and can’t remember how we ever got along without it. 
 

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