We all want to be part of the next big thing. In the 90s it was internet stocks. Today it’s AI. But how do we get in early? How do we spot the opportunity before it becomes (here’s the dreaded term…) overbought? Investing v. Gambling It’s important to understand the distinction. Let’s look at an […]
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Can we really trust the people we elect to represent us? I wrote about this earlier today in Government Spending. Reading the news just now, I came upon another example where I’m somewhat stunned. Flock This is from Boston 25 news. Read the story here. Wait, What? Read that headline again. Why does the city
It’s almost November. It’s sunny and 41 degrees and looks like we’ll hit the mid 50’s this afternoon. Pretty nice for New England. The government shut down continues. This is significant and unfortunate on so many levels, but that’s all I have to say on that today. Crazy shit is going on. I have a
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Is a recession coming? Is the market overpriced? (and what does that even mean?). Are we due for a pull-back? No one wants to make a rash financial move, so before we commit our hard-earned money to a stock or mutual fund purchase, we want to be sure we’re not buying at market highs. Bank
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I’ve written quite a bit about government spending. It started with Is Debt a Problem? I took a look at the (then) $34 trillion debt. This is an unfathomable number so I tried to put it in a context that I could understand. Read the post, it’s fun. I updated this a year or so
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Boo! Even more scary than that. Data Breaches Remember when these were a big deal? By now, they seem to happen daily. Ho Hum. Just like the government shut down. But beware of complacency. These matter. Here’s why. We hear about the big ones like the 2024 National Public Data breach where 2.9 billion (yup,
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I wrote a post a few month’s back making the case for taking social security at age 62. Read here. The post details all the choices and projections, but here’s the quick summary. I am convinced that if I take my benefits at 62, invest each payment in a nice low-cost S&P 500 fund, I
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Monday October 20, 2025. I played golf yesterday. Sunny and 70. Pretty amazing for this time of year. Government Shut Down Ho Hum. The government shut down enters week 3. I posted earlier, Who Cares? And that was on day 6. Seems like a lifetime ago. It’s overwhelming and in the end, what can we
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I’ve written quite a bit about hearing aids. I have moderate hearing loss. Before I got my first pair of hearing aids, I had no idea that I had hearing loss. My wife knew. The TV was way too loud. Off I went to the hearing specialist and yup, I can’t hear. So that’s the
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Most people that I talk to who are nearing retirement struggle with the question “What will I do”. Even when they have the finances worked out, they’re concerned about how they’ll spend their days. I get it. Within 3 weeks of retiring, I had a new part-time job. More about this in a minute, but
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