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How could I Not write about this? I’m sitting in the lounge at the Port Townsend Film Festival, which I attend because I have a screenplay (true-life tall-ship growing-up buddy story from 1876), while one of my investments, QBTS, goes … Continue reading →

Shocked. Shocked, I am, to see that I haven’t bought or sold any stock in the recent six months. Oh, wait. I’m not shocked at all. My hold time for my stocks tends to be years, and in some cases, … Continue reading →

Further, Farther – Google it, the AI should know which describes my mostly positive week. It was positive in many ways, financial and more, but this blog is about the financial, so you’ll have ot guess at the ‘more’ (or … Continue reading →

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 →

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 →

I am so thankful for perspective, patience, and diversification. Two of my most recent darling stocks were suddenly jilted by the market. LUNR and QBTS dropped, -7% for LUNR and -36% for QBTS. 36%! Ouch. Eep. Oops. Oh well. That … Continue reading →

Well, that certainly wasn’t dull. A little over six months ago, I sold my small house near a tourist town on an island, and moved to a big tiny house near a tourist town on a peninsula. Hmm. That doesn’t … Continue reading →