For those who have read my prior posts on Intel and think I’m gloating, you are correct. While I’m taking a victory lap, there are some important lessons to learn from my Intel experience. I Was Optimistic About Intel Back in 2022, I had been reading a lot about the chip shortage. It was effecting […]
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A lot of my posts encourage investing in low-cost S&P 500 Funds and ETFs. My premise is that we need to invest in equities in order to build wealth. Look at the post on compounding as an example. At one point we compare the portfolio gains of 2 folks – Al and Peg – assuming
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I hate catchy titles like this, but I wanted to put together a post that captured the simple things that all of us can do that will greatly improve our financial situation over time. I emphasize over time because time is the key. Read more here. The post starts with a woman named Sylvia who
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I have 106 different active investments. This includes stocks (69), equity mutual funds, bond mutual funds, IBonds, CDs, and Treasuries. That’s a lot. I sold Autodesk (ADSK) recently because of some accounting hijinx. I like the company, but there are enough companies that aren’t investigating their own accounting practices, or, even worse, being investigated for
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In many of my posts, I talk about the need to have an investment thesis for companies in which we choose to invest. This is a must, however, I’m not in love with the term thesis. The term thesis, to me, implies that there will be a lot of work and very little of it
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It’s in the high 90’s here in Central MA and it’s too hot to be outside, so I’ve been spending some time with my spreadsheets. Boy, I hope it cools off soon…anyway, I decided to take a look at my investment performance over the years. While overall I’ve done well, there are some definite patterns
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Who doesn’t love tractors – right? That’s how I became a John Deere (ticker: DE) investor. At least, that’s how it started. Read on to see how I decided to buy shares and how I revisited my opinion on Deere this morning. Technology I like technology. I was the first person I knew who had
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I use the term conviction quite a bit when I talk about evaluating companies. Before I choose to invest my hard earned money a company, I want to have conviction, but what does that mean? According to dictionary.com, conviction is a fixed or firm belief. It’s the act of convincing a person by argument or
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In many of my posts, I’ve discussed low-cost S&P 500 mutual funds and ETFs. Today we’ll take a look at what we’re actually getting when we buy shares. Saddle-up. What is the S&P 500? The S&P 500 is a stock index. There are many indices available. The S&P 500 is a very popular one. Investment
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I read a fabulous article this morning titled This is how much money you’d have made if you bought Apple shares instead of a new iPhone every time it was released. Here. The article says: “If you had bought Apple shares worth of every new iPhone model on Apple event day from 2007 , you
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