It’s a slam dunk A long time ago I used to idolize NBA superstar Doctor J, in many ways I still do. I consider him a gentleman that handled his success with style and grace. My memory of him is starting to transition from legendary to mythical. Some of the things he did with a […]
How do you observe aging? This is really a post about “investing as we age” or better yet, “investing as I age”. I’ve found aging to be a weird thing. PROFOUND Jim. Stop the presses. Wait, are there still “presses”? Ok…stop the WordPresses! You see, aging is one of those things, that you really can’t […]
The more things change… I was sitting there in my “pedal chair” at physical therapy yesterday and there was an old man of 80+ in the chair next to me. I had actually just blown him away in our little fast walk over here. Him, with his little wooden cane, in the crosswalk and me, […]
Consuming media in the 21st century How we receive information is rapidly changing form. If you haven’t seen my short piece on how I’m scanning my own books, you can check it out here. Books, magazines, audio and video are all merging into a constant stream. The book in the list below entitled “The Inevitable” […]
It’s about the future Anyone who remembers that line from the movie “The Graduate” might have mixed emotions about it. If you’re not familiar with the scene or the movie, take a look here. Was he correct? Did the young “Graduate” take his advice? My one word today, would be……wait for it. Google. This may […]
Tough road If you had seen my recent post about “Blogging not being for the faint of heart”, then you might have figured this has been a soul searching endeavor for me. Just Googling “How many blogs are there?” results in stale stats from a few years ago, but clocks in at a staggering 150+ […]
Cold calls and whales Investing advice doesn’t come cheaply. Thinking back now, it was almost exactly the scene out of the movie “Boiler Room”. That scene had shown the brokerage guys of a “chop shop”, cold calling doctors and trying to find what they called a “whale”. They were trying to sell their pump and […]
Career changes are hard. I remember when I worked at a major culinary school in New York City where we had an entire category of students that we sought. They were the career changers. Ultimately a large portion of them would become disillusioned with the long hours and low pay of the culinary world and […]
This stuff is hard. I’m thinking about shifting the focus of this blog from “Finance” to “Finding a job”. The blog has always had several goals for documenting this journey, but at the end of the day, I was hoping to generate some supplemental income to support my family. I’m slowly realizing that’s going to […]
In 2016 I churned over $1M dollars in trades on one of our retirement accounts. (a more detailed post on that is in the works) My return at the end of the year? About $2K. Wah Wah. We’re you expecting a bigger number? So was I. I don’t use that strategy for all our accounts, […]