Nothing better than a good “I told you so…” So let’s take a quick victory lap this morning. And while we enjoy that, we can also talk about the lesson learned here. Disney Yup, it’s Disney. A couple of weeks ago, I posted Is Disney a Great Company? I sold my shares a while back, […]
It seems like just yesterday we had avoided a government shut down by the skin of our teeth. I tried to find when the last one was. I saw this from December 2024 where we narrowly avoided a shut down. But I’m pretty sure we went through this fire drill at least one other time
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Today, with a government shut-down looming (and we still have tariff uncertainty, wars in the Ukraine and Gaza, and other assorted problems) the market continues to rise and today I read that: in the Daily Upside. In the almost 2 years that I’ve been posting here, I’ve spent a bit more time paying attention to
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Just recently, I was reminiscing about my journey with Disney (Ticker: DIS) in the post Is Disney a Great Company? And this morning, I was reminded again why Disney had lost its appeal for me. I wrote recently about free speech here. It seems as if many now interpret freedom of speech as we can
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This likely will not be my most liked post, but I do think it is a topic that deserves our consideration. Socialism is becoming more popular with younger Americans. Don’t believe it? Do a web search. While I am strongly in the capitalism over socialism camp, I do find it interesting. With so many younger
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I wrote recently about why we should strongly consider buying Over the Counter (OTC) hearing aids. Read here. The savings are huge. My prescription hearing aids cost over $4,000 in 2016. In 2024, I bought an OTC pair for under $2,000 that performed better than my prescription hearing aids. I also tested a $699 pair
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Yesterday’s light read was Gen Z is deep in ‘financial nihilism’: Why young people are betting big on stocks and crypto. Here’s a quick rundown: I can’t help contrasting this with Sylvia Bloom. I’ve written about her and I always spend some time talking about her when I teach personal finance classes. You can read
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Regular readers know that I have a bit of a pet peeve about the word invest. It drives me nuts when a salesman says “wouldn’t you like to protect your investment?” And then comes the hard sell for an extended warranty. I have nothing against extended warranties on something we could not afford to repair
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I had lunch with a friend today and we discussed my posts on covered call options. I realized that while I’ve talked about what they are and why we might use them, I haven’t written about how to actually start using them to earn income. Before we get into it, let’s start with some background.
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I was reading my post on Car Buying yesterday. I was quite impressed with my advice, but I realized I was missing something. The post has lots of tips for when we go to a dealer to buy or when preparing for the dealer visit, but I didn’t talk at all about choosing a vehicle.
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