Tag Archives: personal finance

Thirty Steaks – Burp

Posted on February 24, 2021 by Tom Trimbath

Burp (figuratively.) A while ago I celebrated finances that were good enough that I could take advantage of a sale on bulk meat – Thirty Steaks. You can probably imagine my doctor’s carefully tempered reaction. Polite and professional, but I … Continue reading →

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Parabola Hyperbola Hyperbole – MVIS

Posted on February 11, 2021 by Tom Trimbath

Whee!!! Whoa. Wha? MicroVision’s stock, MVIS, has been doing some crazy stuff, lately. MicroVision has always been a story stock, but usually there was only a small audience listening. Something changed. A year ago it looked possible that a new … Continue reading →

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Super Bowl Ads 2021

Posted on February 8, 2021 by Tom Trimbath

I feel sorry for the people who had to produce ads for the 2021 Super Bowl, and yet, maybe not too sorry. We’re in a pandemic that’s mutating. The US is so not-united that one of the ads was wise … 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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Go West Or Somewhere

Posted on January 8, 2021 by Tom Trimbath

Things are changing. Ha! That and other gross understatements are provided at no charge (so far). “Go west, young man.” was advice delivered to people (men) struggling to escape terrible conditions on the east coast of the US. Gold rushes … Continue reading →

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Semi Annual Exercise EOY 2020

Posted on December 31, 2020 by Tom Trimbath

While the wide world and my private world were in turmoil, something unexpectedly positive happened in 2020. In the last six months since my mid-year semi-annual portfolio review and exercise my portfolio rose by a factor of 2.7. Since the … Continue reading →

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Cratchit Is Not Scrooge

Posted on December 22, 2020 by Tom Trimbath

Cratchit is not Scrooge. That seems like a silly thing to write. The two main characters in Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol are known well. Scrooge, of course, is the better known. He is the wealthy character that is dragged … Continue reading →

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Lessons With LTBH Via MVIS

Posted on December 16, 2020 by Tom Trimbath

A stock goes up over fifty percent in a week, and people get curious about it. Why? What happened? Should I do anything about it? Well, I’m not a certified or professional financial advisor so I won’t answer what you … Continue reading →

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Fascinating Realities

Posted on December 2, 2020 by Tom Trimbath

I’m surprised I haven’t told this story before; or maybe I have, but even I can’t find it in the hundreds of thousands of words that comprise this blog. A friend told me a story about his road rage and … Continue reading →

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Spending Time On Social Media

Posted on November 24, 2020 by Tom Trimbath

Posts making your crazy? Folks on Facebook revealing a bit too much about the values behind their facade? Tweets flittering by as if there can’t be content in a few dozen characters? LinkedIn seeming to be so dull that it … Continue reading →

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