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About Tom Trimbath

program manager / consultant / entrepreneur / writer / photographer / speaker / aerospace engineer / semi-semi-retired More info at: https://trimbathcreative.net/about/ and at my amazon author page: http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B0035XVXAA

Keep It Simple – Please

Note: Here’s a post for those who follow stocks, but the same rules apply throughout life. Google has improved their finance tool, now with AI! Groan. I guess it was inevitable; taking a useful service, hiring a bunch of programmers … Continue reading →

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Best Sleepover Ever

Pardon me as I dry my eyes. The World Cup proved to me something I’ve been looking for. Humans meeting humans is marvelous. Pundits and politicians don’t have a clue. You want the finance part of the picture? Imagine all … Continue reading →

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Bought Some More SLDP – July 2026

Just a short note to mark my purchase of some more SLDP.  SLDP is part of a trend I expect to do well, solid batteries. Scroll through enough videos of fires from lithium ion batteries and see a need for … Continue reading →

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250th Anniversary

Happy 3rd of July! Hey, it’s a compromise between July 2nd (John Adams favorite) and July 4th (a date that 46% of Americans celebrate without knowing why.) Whatever, it is also the 250th anniversary of America’s declaration of independence, frequently … Continue reading →

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Semi-Annual Exercise – Mid 2026

Let’s see. The simplest review is: in the most recent six months: GERN is down ~3%LCTX is down ~21%MVIS is down ~60%GMGMF is up ~7%SLDP is down ~39 %QBTS is down ~8%LUNR is up 31% Eep, but then, the previous … Continue reading →

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Imprecise Timing

Whew. I’m saying that a lot, lately. I winced because I didn’t sell QBTS at $30, but got some out at $25. Now it’s in the $22 range. I moved two years ago, which was good timing. I left Boeing … Continue reading →

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Stock Perspective – SpaceX

As I type, SpaceX’s stock puts the company at a valuation of $2.43 Trillion dollars. A laptop screen can have a variety of sizes, but 2 Million is common enough. Let’s round SpaceX down to $2 Trillion. Each pixel could … Continue reading →

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Now I Did – Sold Some QBTS

Oh, to have the luxury of patience. I still have plenty of cash, and now I have a bunch more. I sold a bit of QBTS, not because I had to Now but because I’d have to eventually, and it … Continue reading →

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I Shoulda Coulda Didna Sold

Gag! Last week, I was considering selling some LUNR or QBTS. I didn’t want to, but stocks are where I corral my cash, and it was time to consider, but not necessarily sell something. And then the world happens and … Continue reading →

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A New Knee – Eventually

I will NOT get into the grisly details of my new knee. For some reason many folks that is polite conversation. Oy. Ick. But this looks like an opportunity to pass along some insights into the US health care economy. … Continue reading →

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