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Waiting And Tea
Step one (and two): fill the kettle and turn it on. Listen to it burble while beginning to type. There’s a lot waiting in this weird world. Even deciding to sit and sip a cup of tea takes time. Maybe … Continue reading
Oh Know 2020
Oh, no. It looks like 2020 is going to be bumpier than 2019. Allow me to reflect on what I know about 2020, and what it may mean for personal finance, frugality, and planning. As for predicting the future – … Continue reading
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Tagged America, American Revolution, climate, climate change, disaster, disaster preparedness, economy, election, elections, emergency preparedness, finance, financial independence, frugality, Great Recession, healthcare, jobs, personal finance, political, politics, refugees, social injustice, stocks
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Billionaires Taxes And Perspective
A billion dollars is hard to visualize. And that’s a major understatement. Major. Understatement. Yet, billionaires are increasing their influence, increasing their numbers, and accumulating more of the world’s wealth. And then, there are taxes. And a fun idea to … Continue reading
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Tagged billionaire, economy, EvenItUp, finance, income, Income Inequality, Jeff Bezos, Millionaire, sustainability, tax haven, wealth, Wealth Inequality
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Semi Annual Exercise EOY 2018
From me (slightly edited from previous posts); “Decades ago (was it really that long?), I started following Peter Lynch’s example by regularly seeing if I could describe each of my investments simply. The idea was that, if an investor can’t … Continue reading
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Tagged AMSC, AST, Asterias, biotech, BioTime, BTX, CES2019, economy, GERN, Geron, investing, markets, Microvision, MVIS, NeoPhotonics, NPTN, personal finance, stocks
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My 40 Year Mortgage
Another interview! Not for a job, but for someone else’s article. (Someone out there must need a writer who can write about engineering in English.) The folks at Nerdwallet.com wanted to write about 40 year mortgages and were having a … Continue reading
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Tagged digital singularity, economy, health care, housing, inflation, mortgage, personal finance, Whidbey
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Semi Annual Exercise Mid 2017
Thank you, Peter Lynch for inspiring this exercise. For at least twelve years, I’ve regularly reviewed my investments through this one simple exercise. Every six months, I describe the companies I’m invested in, and their stocks (somewhat) succinctly. Peter Lynch … Continue reading
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Semi Annual Exercise EOY 2016
Why rewrite an intro that is as true now as it was six months ago, which implies a lack of progress. So it goes. So it went. If it’s in italics, it’s a copy and paste from June 30th, and … Continue reading
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Tagged AMSC, AST, Asterias, China, Dream. Invest. Live., economy, GERN, Geron, GIG, GigOptix, GigPeak, investing, LTBH, markets, Microvision, MVIS, personal finance, Real Goods Solar, RGSE, stocks, wealth
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Chaos And Continuity
Nothing extreme is likely to happen. Read that two ways: 1) in general, extreme things typically have low probabilities, and 2) specifically, civilization, society, and culture have great inertia and tend to continue with only slight shifts. As I write this, … Continue reading
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Tagged Cascadia, economy, housing, mortgage, Panama Papers, personal finance, Pinterest, politics, Westylvania
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Semi Annual Exercise Mid 2016
Welcome to my semi-annual portfolio review, a bit of due diligence that is easier when the portfolio is growing, and an exercise in openly assessing the situation when the stocks are sinking. Personal finance is easy when everything works. The … Continue reading
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Tagged AMSC, AST, Asterias, Brexit, China, Dream. Invest. Live., economy, GERN, Geron, GIG, GigOptix, GigPeak, investing, LTBH, markets, Microvision, MVIS, personal finance, Real Goods Solar, RGSE, stocks
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Brexit Quebexit Texit Cascadiexit WhatsNextit
I raise a gin and tonic to the Brexit. I raise it because the Brexit was an accomplishment, or at least historic. The gin seems British, though in my case it is really just vodka infused with juniper. The idea … Continue reading
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Tagged Brexit, Canada, Cascadia, Cascadiexit Texas, China, Cold War, economy, European Union, global warming, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Ireland, politics, Quebec, Quebexit, Scotland, TED talks, Texit, United Kingdom, Walking Thinking Drinking Across Scotland, World War I, World War II
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