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Author Archives: Tom Trimbath
Value In Community
This shouldn’t need to be said, but considering how long the human race has been saying things, repetition is popular and maybe even profitable. There’s value in community. Dull. Yes, we know that. Tell us something we don’t. Yes. No. … Continue reading
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After Mega-corps And Oligarchs
And another innovative startup grows phenomenally, disconnects from its foundations, and leaves loyal users behind. If it wasn’t for their protection as a monopoly, their next step could be an apologetic revelation, or a fall from grace. Ah, but this … Continue reading
Taxes 2025 Or Not
Whew. That’s done, and done in time. Welcome the annual celebration of relief at having the taxes done. Done? Paid. Paid? Not this year! My taxes totaled to zero. Whew! I couldn’t have done it myself. Thanks. Thanks to my … Continue reading
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Catching Falling Knives
Advice for catching falling knives: don’t. If all it’s going to hit is the ground, let it fall, then pick it up. That’s the overly dramatic version. The personal finance version is narrower and deals with stocks. If a stock’s … Continue reading
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Again Is Gone – Population Trickle Down And Technology
Some macro-personal finance thoughts. Again is gone. The only forward is forward. And we don’t know where we’re going. I’ll spare you the logic that got me thinking about this seemingly off-topic topic, but I think there’s a change coming that … Continue reading
Temporary Ten-Bagger – QBTS
QBTS, the quantum computing company, has been both great and terrible, or doing just fine. It depends on how and when you look at it. And if one of the competing CEOs is about to talk, don’t be surprised to … Continue reading
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Oligarchies And Ants
Sorry to point this out, but…Oligarchs care about oligarchs.Eventually, oligarchs eat oligarchs.They don’t care about you, so you have to care about you. I realized that a while ago. And then this thought interrupted a nap. How much larger than … Continue reading
Defiance
Let me write this before I forget to include it. (Welcome to the world of a writer who sometimes runs at a topic without going back to rearrange things.) I have tried to live by the rules.Yet, I am surprised … Continue reading
Boycott – February 2025
So, what did you do, or not, on February 28, 2025? I went snowshoeing without snowshoes (too messy to get past the parking lot), and then dancing, which was a different kind of beauty. What I didn’t do was shop. … Continue reading
Resilience
Resilience: “the capacity to withstand or to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness“ That’s a word that came up a few times this week. Maybe the universe is trying to give me, or someone, a hint. Resilience, difficulties, recover. Yeah. That … Continue reading