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GAIA – One Company One Story
Welcome to another story and another video in my One Company One Story series.This time, Gaia (previously known as Gaiam). Here comes the amateur legalese. I began investing in companies and their stocks in the late 70s, but am not … Continue reading
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Tagged alternative lifestyle, frugal, frugality, GAIA, Gaiam, investing, personal finance, Real Goods, Real Goods Solar, RSOL, stocks, sustainability
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Real World Trade GAIA
Forget the philosophizing for a while. This blog is about how I handle my personal finances. That takes so little of my time that rarely do I have anything definitive to post. I said goodbye to a stock last month. … Continue reading
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Tagged alternative lifestyle, day trading, frugal, GAIA, Gaiam, LTBH, Real Goods Solar, RSOL, solar power
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Semi Annual Exercise Mid 2019
From my 2018 end of year portfolio review: “Within the next six months I won’t be surprised to hear good news from: Asterias (under its new ownership of BTX) as their treatment for damaged nerves progresses, Geron as it makes … Continue reading
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Tagged AMSC, AST, BioTime, BTX, Dream. Invest. Live., GERN, Geron, Great Recession, investing, Investor Village, LTBH, Microvision, Motley Fool, MVIS, NeoPhotonics, NPTN, perseverance, personal finance, Silicon Investor, stocks
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Returning To Stock Screening
This blog is about the personal finance of one frugal folk, me. I write it so people can see one version of what it’s like to invest in stocks as an individual. Investing in particular stocks frightens some people, as … Continue reading
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Tagged AST, Dream. Invest. Live., frugal, frugality, GIG, Great Recession, investing, LTBH, MVIS, NPTN, personal finance, Second Great Depression, stock screeners, stocks, wealth
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Mysteries Investing In Real Goods
Real Goods is up over 100% in the last five days. That’s Real Goods as in the stock, RGSE, for the company Real Goods Solar, Inc. That’s not for real goods as in really good things, well, maybe but that’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Great Depression, Great Recession, investing, LTBH, off the grid, personal finance, Real Goods, RGSE, RGTC, RSOL, Second Great Depression, Simple Living, solar, stocks
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ASTY Spins Off And Up
I got something for nothing, at least according to my bookkeeping of my portfolio. One stock, GERN, spun off another stock, ASTY; which didn’t seem to cost anything and almost makes my portfolio look like it is more diversified. Yes. … Continue reading
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Tagged Asterias, ASTY, GERN, Geron, GGOX, GIG, GigOptix, health care, investing, LMRA, LTBH, M&A, Microvision, MVIS, personal finance, spinoff, Stem cells, stocks, telomerase
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Society Accidentally Diversifies
Us versus Them. That’s a familiar theme; yet we know there are grey areas between the two. Finance is the same. There are “The Big Institutions” and “the rest of Us.” Alternative economies try to make clear distinctions, but if … Continue reading
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Tagged AirBnB, banks, BerkShares, bitcoin, cryptocurrency, economy, finance, investing, Kiva, LendingClub, Lyft, MazaCoin, microloans, occupy, peer lending, peer-to-peer, personal finance, sharing economy, stocks, Wall Street
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Small Recoveries
Try to remember. Try to remember those days when there was actual enthusiasm when people talked about stocks. The Irrational Exuberance era was appropriately named, but its negative over-reaction hasn’t worn the title it deserves: Irrational Revulsion. For the last … Continue reading
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Tagged AMSC, Dendreon, DNDN, GAIA, Gaiam, housing, investing, LTBH, micro cap, Microvision, mortgage, MVIS, occupy, personal finance, Provenge, Real Goods Solar, RSOL, small cap, solar power, stocks, Tres Amigas, wealth
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Semi Annual Exercise Mid 2012
Well, these last twelve months have certainly been a surprise and upsetting. Fortunately, by conducting these semi-annual portfolio exercises I can check back and know how the story changed. Trusting to imperfect memories can be delusional. Unfortunately, replaying the disaster … Continue reading
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Tagged AMSC, Art, Dendreon, DNDN, Dream. Invest. Live., GERN, Geron, GGOX, GIG, GigOptix, investing, Investor Village, LTBH, Microvision, Motley Fool, MVIS, personal finance, Provenge, Real Goods Solar, RSOL, stocks, unemployment
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