Happy New Year! Chautauqua is one of my favorite things to look forward to each year. It is a life changing event for those who attend, and a constant source of new friendships and continuing time with old friends. Since the first one in Ecuador in 2013 they have brought joy to my heart. After… [Continue Reading]
Archives for 2022
Season’s Greetings!!
Before the week slips away I just wanted to take a moment to wish you and yours…. A very Merry Christmas and a Wonderful Holiday Season Here’s to a Happy, Healthy and Prosperous New Year!
Fun with numbers: Historic Stock Market Returns
I’ve just finished writing the foreword for Akaisha & Billy Kaderli’s new upcoming book The Adventurer’s Guide to Early Retirement, A New Perspective. To help, they sent me a draft copy for review. It is a great read full of humor, wisdom and practical advice. In it they share this cool calculator… Historic Stock Market Returns …and, figuring… [Continue Reading]
Let’s talk about what’s up with Bonds, and what ever else you’d like to ask me
Yikes. Guess I should be used to it. Every time the market drops, the flood gates open with questions and concerns. Still it surprises me. After all, I have written extensively about bear markets… Mr. Bear Taking advantage of Mr. Bear Buying into the market right before a Bear Mr. Market’s Wild Ride Nightmare… [Continue Reading]
The Price of Security
Photo courtesy of Billy Kaderli “Funny, no one has a crystal ball, no one knows the future but all say the stock market WILL go up in the future. Maybe we’re the generation that our kids will also look and say: ‘They gambled everything in the stock market thinking it would keep always going up…’”… [Continue Reading]
Case Study #17: Buying into the market right before a Bear
Photo by anvesh baru If you are surprised to see two “case study” posts from me in a row, your reaction is no more than my own. For the last one it could be charged that I succumbed to flattery and bribery in taking it on. No case to be made for that here, as… [Continue Reading]
Case Study #16: Helping dad with an inheritance
Photo courtesy of Van Trapp Farmstead It has been a long time since we’ve done a Case Study around here, but recently I responded to an email that feels like a good one to share with you. It reflects an interesting dilemma and it allows me to, mildly at least, suggest something I have never… [Continue Reading]
Just inked a contract for my next book, and I want you to be a part of it!
I’ve some very exciting news to share with you today. I just inked a deal with Harriman House to publish my third book. Its working title is: PATHFINDERS: Travelers’s Tale on the Simple Path to Wealth and… I’d like you to be a part of it! If that’s all you need to hear, click… [Continue Reading]
The Dinky Diner
It is 2008. Imagine you are a woman alone on a road trip. Passing through the center of Nevada, a fairly desolate place, your car breaks down just outside of this town… You have no way of knowing it just yet, but this was once the largest city in Nevada. That was back over 100… [Continue Reading]
Chautauqua: A terrible business model
To be clear right from the start here, Chautauqua is an awesome event. Indeed, and in many ways, precisely because it is a terrible business model. But it is a terrible business model. Why? It is not scalable. Precisely because it is such an awesome event, the demand for tickets is incredible. For 2022… [Continue Reading]