Financial Focus

Now that we’ve reached 2024, you might be thinking about your goals and hopes for the new year. But in addition to whatever personal resolutions you might make — volunteering, going to the gym more, learning a new language and others — why not make some financial resolutions, too?

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Elixir. The intriguing word connotes health and hip spirituality. Elixirs are trending. The y ’ v e even got elixir bars in places like New York City and Los An ge l e s and Santa Fe and Boulder.

A Winner!

It’s nice when it happens The year 2023 started rough for me, but it seems to be ending on a happy note. Like the average Texas voter, I was for some propositions, okay with others and not okay with old, old judges. It’s nice to line up like that!

The Memphis on TNE Red!

Bonnie and Clyde stopped in Memphis one night in the dirty thirties to eat and get a bottle. The law had been warned in advance that they were coming and decided they were more needed inTurkey,on the other side of the county, that night.

Time: A key element of investing

Who knows where the time goes? We’ve reached the end of another year, so it’s appropriate to reflect on the nature of time and how it affects us. And time certainly is a key element in the pursuit of your financial goals. As an investor, time can be your greatest ally.

Jimmy Dean: Star and Sausage Man

The Texas Panhandle and South Plains areas have had their fair share of singers.Buddy Holly, Mac Davis (Lubbock); Roy Orbison (Wink); Waylon Jennings (Levelland); Roger Miller (Erick); Terry Stafford (Hollis, Okla.); Gene Price, Bill Mack (Shamrock); Joe Barnhill and Bob Wills (Turkey) come to mind.

Collingsworth County at sea

Visitors of the National Museum of the Pacific War, located in Fredericksburg, who take a stroll in the Memorial Courtyard will find on the west wall, row 1, section 30A, this plaque. Named for Collingsworth County, the U.S.

Financial Focus

As you save for retirement, you’ll want to take full advantage of the investment vehicles available to you — and one of the best is a Roth IRA. But what sets it apart from other accounts?

The Memphis on TNE Red!

My momma made the best fried chicken. My daddy would bring home a whole chicken from the SuperSave grocery store on Noel, across from the Baptist Church. Momma would cut up the chicken by hand and pull out the giblets that were stuffed inside.She cooked them first because they were small.

Financial Focus

It’s usually a good idea to contribute to the tax-advantaged retirement and health care accounts available to you. And here’s some good news: In 2024, you can put even more into these accounts.