Thought Leadership Archive
Thanksgiving Mandates Recently multiple states and politicians have set strict guidelines on the Thanksgiving holiday. In response, many law enforcement agencies have said they simply can’t enforce them. As we have mentioned numerous times, there are…
When I was younger, my parents told me never to discuss politics or religion in ‘mixed company.’ By that, they meant with people you don’t know well, or people whose ideologies are not in keeping with…
Caveat: I am writing this on the afternoon of Thursday, November 05, 2020. The Presidential election still has not been decided, although President Trump’s chances seem to be getting weaker by the hour. When all…
Here we are, just a few short days before the end of the strangest and most contentious general election campaign in my memory, and in my opinion. What have I learned? Actually, very little. In so…
Last night, I made a presentation to the Tuscaloosa Estate Planning Council, in person, about the prospects for the US economy given different election outcome scenarios. In other words, I broke one of my public speaking…
Turbulent Times & Hard Cider With everything that is currently going on in the world, is it any wonder dystopian fiction has been booming? This week, Sam and John talk with noted author, lecturer, and essayist…
The Magic of Streaming On Tuesday, Disney announced that they are going to focus on streaming their content moving forward. Many people are already using Disney Plus, Hulu, and other platforms, however Disney has always been…
At the start of the 3rd Quarter, Oakworth’s Investment Committee made several predictions for the quarter. Here are a few of them: After a better than expected 2nd Quarter, investors will be anxious to see how…
This week, I will start Common Cents with a passage from George Orwell’s dystopian classic 1984. “To know and not to know, to be conscious of complete truthfulness while telling carefully constructed lies, to hold…
This week, I went to lunch with a couple of co-workers at a place in the Cahaba Heights section of town called the Olive Branch. As the name implies, it focuses on what we consider Mediterranean…