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Trust Your Self

Posted on October 8, 2021 by Tom Trimbath

“Here you go, Tom. Here’s the car I want.” It was about ten years ago and a friend showed me a magazine ad for a Tesla. He laughed. He was part owner of a nice art gallery, but that meant … Continue reading →

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Getting Better Slowly

Posted on September 30, 2021 by Tom Trimbath

Yay! Good news! Getting the loan on my house means a long string of long-delayed tasks can get done. Ah. What? A loan doesn’t equate to money in my account, which doesn’t translate to immediately paying off lots of bills, … Continue reading →

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An Evening Off From Writing – Ha

Posted on September 23, 2021 by Tom Trimbath

But, but I have to write. It’s that time of night! Dinner is done, and for the past several months that’s meant turning off the ‘TV’ (really a Roku connected to a monitor and the internet, ‘TV’ takes fewer letters), … Continue reading →

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A Home Loan To Retire Anxieties

Posted on September 10, 2021 by Tom Trimbath

A nice way to start the day, sending out a ‘thank you’ email, arranging to pay an overdue bill, contacting a doctor I actually enjoy visiting, and a hopefully scheduling a massage. Money makes things move. For several months I’ve … Continue reading →

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Linear And Logarithmic Views Of MVIS

Posted on May 9, 2021 by Tom Trimbath

The way we look at data matters, and doesn’t. (Another post that can be generalized, but where it is handy to have an example like MVIS.) Hopefully this will be one of my shorter posts. It should be because more … Continue reading →

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No News Is Still No News

Posted on April 29, 2021 by Tom Trimbath

History echoes. It is too easy to let no news be interpreted as negative news. Humans are so good at reading between the lines that entire grand narratives can fit between two paragraphs of a press release, in the gap … Continue reading →

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Possibly Profitable Patience

Posted on April 16, 2021 by Tom Trimbath

Pardon me an old man moment. Kids, slow down! Oy! OK, back to the show. Patience is useful, a hard task for some, and changes with time and age. It is also possibly profitable.  Yep, another stock post with some … Continue reading →

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Personal Finance Is Personal

Posted on March 22, 2021 by Tom Trimbath

Personal finance is personal. Yes, that’s the title; but since I wrote my own book on my own personal finances (Dream. Invest. Live.) the simplicity of that observation has become more apparent – even after twelve years. Finance is impersonal, … Continue reading →

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Valuing MVIS Looking Back And Forward

Posted on March 14, 2021 by Tom Trimbath

Rarely do I write about one topic so much in so short a time, but MicroVision is in a unique situation. Watching several videos and reading dozens of posts since the earnings report inspired the following perspective on perspectives. “OMG, … Continue reading →

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Gamestop And Moving Smaller Stocks

Posted on February 1, 2021 by Tom Trimbath

Oh dear. Some financial institutions are upset that some individual stockholders figured out how to play the market taking advantage of the institutions’ techniques. The big players are upset that others have begun beating them at their old game. Simply … Continue reading →

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