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Your Moving Money Game
A toast to the Seahawks. I heard that they won. Maybe someday I’ll watch a replay. I worked through The Game because it was the best way to spend my time. Then, after my work was done, I watched the … Continue reading
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Tagged advertisers, COKE, Duracell, entrepreneur, frugal, frugality, investing, Jeep, Maserati, occupy, personal finance, Seahawks, Simple Living, Smartcar, stocks, Super Bowl, wealth
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Concentration Dissipation
Hello, President Obama, you stole my thunder. I was planning on blogging about financial inequalities and you go and make it headline news. Er, thanks. I guess I’ll blog anyway. A new datum inspired me. Wealth continues to concentrate. It … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, billionaire, Charity, consulting, education, frugal, frugality, income, investing, Millionaire, Obama, occupy, opera, personal finance, political, sports, stocks, wealth
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Rube Goldberg Manages Healthcare
Rube Goldberg would be proud. My journey through the officially mandated revision to my health care plan led me on a far adventure with grand vistas and worrisome territories. I was sure that I’d be shunted aside on detours, but … Continue reading
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Tagged ACA, business, consulting, Facebook, foreclosure, health care, healthcare, housing, mortgage, ObamaCare, Rube Goldberg, Shakespeare, taxes, Twitter, Whidbey
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Easy Bits
Don’t do it all at once – if you have the choice. In investing, you have that choice. People get spooked by thoughts of having to make a major life-long obligation, or by worries of losing everything. Have you heard … Continue reading
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Tagged dancing, Dream. Invest. Live., GIG, GigOptix, investing, Just Keep Pedaling, Karate, Microvision, MVIS, personal finance, RSOL, Scotland, stocks, wealth
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ACA And HAMP And Me
ACA and HAMP, government programs for health care and housing. Before you think I’m about to either praise or vilify them know that I am an extreme moderate independent. I am (extremely) certain that solutions are in the middle (moderate) … Continue reading
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Tagged ACA, Art, books, consulting, Dream. Invest. Live., entrepreneur, Fannie Mae, foreclosure, frugal, frugality, HAMP, health care, housing, MHA, mortgage, New Road Map, ObamaCare, personal finance, photos, taxes, unemployment, wealth, writing
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No News Is No News
No News is Good News. Really? That phrase seems like it is only true about half the time. The other half is No News is Bad News. The third half is No News is No News. (Go ahead, check that … Continue reading
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Tagged CES, cold fusion, Comedy Central, Facebook, Fukushima, IIHMTIWHMIS, investing, Microvision, MVIS, NDA, personal finance, stocks, Twitter
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When Free Costs Too Much
It happens surprisingly often. Eager, compassionate people appreciate and understand a fellow human’s hardship and heartache, then offer something valuable for free. Confusion scrunches their face as their offer is turned down from someone who couldn’t afford to buy the … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, books, Charity, compassion, consulting, entrepreneur, Financial Integrity, frugal, frugality, health care, housing, jobs, Langley, mortgage, New Road Map, photos, social media, speaking, teaching, wealth, Whidbey
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One Level Lower – Revenue and Market Cap
It’s so cheap it can’t go down much further. Not, not, one of the best reasons to buy a stock. Regardless of the price, unless it is trading at absolute zero, any stock can drop the same amount, 100%. Finding … Continue reading
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Tagged AMSC, Dream. Invest. Live., GERN, GIG, GigOptix, investing, LTBH, market cap, Microvision, MVIS, personal finance, revenue, RSOL, stocks
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Semi Annual Exercise EOY 2013
Back by popular demand, but mostly because I do this anyway, it’s my semi-annual review of my stocks. For over a decade I’ve ended every June and December with a simple exercise: in a few sentences, well, maybe a few … Continue reading
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Tagged AMSC, consultant, consulting, credit card, debt, Dream. Invest. Live., economy, entrepreneur, GERN, Geron, GIG, GigOptix, health care, investing, Investor Village, LTBH, markets, Microvision, Motley Fool, MVIS, non-profit, personal finance, Peter Lynch, Real Goods Solar, Retirement, RSOL, Silicon Investor, speaker, speaking, stocks, wealth
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