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Author Archives: Tom Trimbath
Semi Annual Exercise EOY 2020
While the wide world and my private world were in turmoil, something unexpectedly positive happened in 2020. In the last six months since my mid-year semi-annual portfolio review and exercise my portfolio rose by a factor of 2.7. Since the … Continue reading
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Tagged GERN, Geron, investing, Investor Village, LCTX, Lineage Cell Therapeutics, Microvision, Motley Fool, MVIS, NeoPhotonics, NPTN, personal finance, reddit, Silicon Investor, stocks
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Cratchit Is Not Scrooge
Cratchit is not Scrooge. That seems like a silly thing to write. The two main characters in Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol are known well. Scrooge, of course, is the better known. He is the wealthy character that is dragged … Continue reading
Lessons With LTBH Via MVIS
A stock goes up over fifty percent in a week, and people get curious about it. Why? What happened? Should I do anything about it? Well, I’m not a certified or professional financial advisor so I won’t answer what you … Continue reading
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Tagged dilution, Dream. Invest. Live., early retirement, frugal, investing, LTBH, Microvision, MVIS, personal finance, Retirement, speculating, stocks
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Fascinating Realities
I’m surprised I haven’t told this story before; or maybe I have, but even I can’t find it in the hundreds of thousands of words that comprise this blog. A friend told me a story about his road rage and … Continue reading
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Tagged climate change, Covid 19, economy, finance, injustice, pandemic, personal finance, politics, revolution, social injustice
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Spending Time On Social Media
Posts making your crazy? Folks on Facebook revealing a bit too much about the values behind their facade? Tweets flittering by as if there can’t be content in a few dozen characters? LinkedIn seeming to be so dull that it … Continue reading
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Tagged advocacy, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Facebook, frugality, LinkedIn, personal finance, PNTP, social media, Twitter
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Help With Social Security
This week I started signing up for Social Security. The benefits are better and not as great as I expected. The process is easier and harder than I expected. I’m not done yet; and I’m sad and glad to be … Continue reading
My Healthcare Plan For 2021
For folks in Washington State (and probably other places, too) it is that time of year to pick a healthcare plan for 2021. At least that’s true for people using the Washington State health insurance marketplace. The entire process took … Continue reading
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Tagged Covid 19, frugality, health, health care, health insurance, healthcare, real estate, real estate broker, WA Health Plan Finder
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What Has Not Changed
OK, peoples. I purposely took four days off from work, largely for medical reasons (busy, busy); purposely did so over Election Day because I already voted so there was nothing I could do about the outcome; didn’t really get any … Continue reading
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Tagged civilization, climate change, Covid 19, culture, debt, Dream. Invest. Live., economy, finance, fossil fuels, frugal, frugal folk, frugality, Great Recession, Income Inequality, inequality, mortgage, pandemic, politics, real estate, renewable energy, social injustice, social media, society, unemployment, Wealth Inequality, Whidbey Island
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Do Not Wait Live
Are you still waiting? It’s the week before the US election. There’s a lot of waiting going on. People are waiting for the election, ah, the Electoral College, ah, the start of the new year, ah, the Inauguration, ah, the … Continue reading
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Tagged Art of War, Dalton Realty, economy, frugal folk, frugality, investing, politics, real estate, real estate broker, time
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