Ordinary Investing Mistakes
Talking about investing is uncomfortable let alone admitting to our mistakes. There are the few who do talk and write about them but often because they have a volatile history
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The Evidence of Real
To find what exists in fact rather than artificial or fake online has become a perpetual exercise of judgment. We feel compelled to search for a shred of evidence that
The Responsibility of Technology
If I asked you who is responsible for technology, how would you answer? When I worked for the start-up internet service provider back in the late 90’s, we were a
The Luck and Skill of Investing Part II
Luck is an equation. It isn’t whether you are simply lucky or unlucky and that everything happens by chance or divine intervention. If you take the literal definition of luck
Wily Taxes
Clever or complicated tax strategies eventually perpetuate into regrettable outcomes. The cost doesn’t outweigh the benefit. The Write-off We immediately recall the classic Seinfeld episode where Kramer packaged up Jerry’s
The Luck and Skill of Investing
Most of us wouldn’t consider ourselves skilled investors since we don’t work on Wall Street. Does that mean we are all just lucky? Where does luck end and skill even
The Genre of AI
A new genre of music has emerged, and it may already be on your playlist without you even knowing it. It’s descriptively more of a subgenre that meshes within your
Rebalancing Your Assets
We know that this refers to financial assets and that we should do it, but we often never get around to actually making the trades. To illustrate this point, I’m
The Experience Economy
[Updated Footnote] While the S&P 500 soars to record highs, consumer sentiment barely has a pulse. We can blame the unrelenting social media algorithms feeding our smart-phone induced herd mentality
Three Quotes and the Truth
There is a rule I learned and adopted from the time I was a financial controller. Whenever any department – operations, engineering, maintenance, sales and marketing – wanted to spend
The Intent of a Trust
This isn’t about the trust that is earned from another person, although it does come into play with establishing one. It isn’t legal or financial advice either. It’s to consider
Play the Hand You Are Dealt
Life isn’t about the hand you’re dealt, it’s how you play it. Most of us are familiar with one form or another of this idiom. That is, to accept, deal
Things We Don’t Consider
Decisiveness can be a rewarding trait when making decisions, especially of the life-altering kind. Unknowingly, it can also be a hindrance. Sometimes we are so set on a path, that
The Privacy Clues We Miss
We become so focused on using the technology that we miss the clues to protect our privacy. Recently, I used Venmo and noticed relatives hadn’t made their payment activity private.
The Gain of Going First
With investing, the gain is always explained in some monetary, statistical or mathematical manner. It’s precise. What if a gain is considered in an entirely different context? In The Obscurity