I thought my 10 Questions series was dead as the dodo, but here we are! After years of radio silence, I received two submissions last week. The first is from Dr. Neill Slater who blogs over at Business is the Best Medicine. Neill did a swell job with his answers. Read them all. But if […]
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January 2024 Performance: Tesla Dump!
My main goal* was to build an investment and cash portfolio of $1,120,000* ($1,000,000 to retire on and $120,000 to pay off the house) in 1500 days**, starting from 1/1/2013 and ending in February of 2017. I made my goal in 2016, my 1500 Days are over, and I’ve left my job. In the interest of openness, I’ll continue to share […]
Kim Ehardt: Resourcefulness, Optimism, And Inspiration
Every once in a while, you come across someone amazing. Kim Ehardt is one of those people. Her life has been a wild adventure; from living on couches to becoming a firefighter who owns rental properties. She’s optimistic and resourceful. It’s refreshing to meet someone truly different in the financial independence space. Listen to her […]
Money Moves And Curious Questions For 2024
Hey look, it’s 2024 already. Where did 2023 go? Never mind. This is supposed to be a money blog, but I find that I don’t write about money much anymore. However, I still think about it. All. The. Time. I’lll talk about my money moves for the new year at the end of this post. […]
An Index Fund In Reverse (Facebook Insanity!)
While I think about money and investing every day, it’s rare that I have an epiphany. But last week I had one. On Friday, something crazy happened to my investment portfolio. I hold 931 shares of Meta (Facebook) and the stock had its best day ever. It was actually the best day ever for any […]
RANT: STOP FOCUSING ON THE 4% RULE!!!
Ooooh, I’ve never written a title all in caps before! You know it’s gonna get real. Nothing in the financial independence community drives me crazier than the endless debate over the 4% Rule. Brace yourselves. My Most Vulnerable Money Moment First, I’ll tell you about my most vulnerable moment. It may be surprisingly similar to […]
Deoptimization
I was listening to Morgan Housel’s excellent podcast and heard this quote from Bernard Moitessier: To have the time, to have the choice, not knowing where you’re heading, what you’re doing, and just going there anyway, without a care, without asking any more questions, you can’t understand how happy I am. What do you think […]
Warren Buffett Bet: Year 6 Update
Six years ago, Dividend Growth Investor (DGI) asked me if I’d like to participate in the Warren Buffett bet. For those unfamiliar, in 2008 Buffett famously challenged the hedge fund industry:: Can you beat the S&P 500 over a period of 10 years? Buffett won as the hedge fund got clobbered by the S&P 500. But […]
2023 In Review: Surpassing Max Q
Yet another obligatory 2023 Review Post! Bleh!!! Sigh. I’ll try to make it fun. Investments! We had a very good year. Our net worth started at $3,342,821 and ended at $4,792,750 for a 43% gain or $1,449,929. Yowsers! That’s our biggest year ever: Tech did very well and our biggest holding, Tesla, killed it. The […]
November Performance. It’s All Good.
My main goal* was to build an investment and cash portfolio of $1,120,000* ($1,000,000 to retire on and $120,000 to pay off the house) in 1500 days**, starting from 1/1/2013 and ending in February of 2017. I made my goal in 2016, my 1500 Days are over, and I’ve left my job. In the interest of openness, I’ll continue to share […]
My Biggest Investing Takeaway For 2023
I have a fun little secret to tell you. On the Mile High FI podcast that I cohost, Doug used Chat GPT to create a script for a small segment. Then he used Descript’s voice cloning to read the script in his voice. So part of the podcast in the clip below (starting at 2:20 […]
Happiness Part 3: Deep Contentment Is The Goal
Here in the FIRE community we spend a lot of time talking about index funds. We also worry too much about withdrawal rates. We forget the goal of The Game. It’s pretty simple: Live a good life. And some of us let FIRE get in the way of that very important goal. I’m raising my […]
Thoughts On The Tesla Cybertruck
I’ve been accused of being a Tesla fanboy more than once. I don’t think that’s totally correct. it goes a little deeper than that. I’m a fan of electric vehicles An internal combustion vehicle is a complex device: A fuel engine is a complex assortment of hundreds of moving parts that all must work together […]
Charlie Munger
At the 2014 Berkshire Hathaway meeting, I was standing on the second floor of the exhibition hall when a golf cart pulled up next to me. I glanced over and saw that Charlie Munger was sitting in the passenger seat. My eyes nearly popped out of my head like in a cartoon. I was dumbfounded. […]
October Performance: Tesla Take Down!
My main goal* was to build an investment and cash portfolio of $1,120,000* ($1,000,000 to retire on and $120,000 to pay off the house) in 1500 days**, starting from 1/1/2013 and ending in February of 2017. I made my goal in 2016, my 1500 Days are over, and I’ve left my job. In the interest of openness, I’ll continue to share […]
Optimism
Mindy and I are in NYC and woke up early one morning with one goal in mind: take a great photo of the Charging Bull. I’ve been fascinated with this sculpture since I learned that the creator plopped it down illegally in the middle of the night with help from 50 (!) of his friends. […]