Reading, Watching, Listening, and Learning: Elon Musk and Bruce Flatt

I have decided to modify the Podcast/Media curation series of posts to focus on resources and media that I want to catalogue here to assemble for our future reference.  I am creating a separate post category for these “Reading, Watching, Listening, and Learning” posts.  Over time, I will pull in my prior posts on podcasts, presentations, articles, and books to help us quickly find the post/links.  This time, I’m going to share a couple of videos and related thoughts, concerning Elon Musk and Bruce Flatt. Continue reading “Reading, Watching, Listening, and Learning: Elon Musk and Bruce Flatt”

Back in the Saddle (Savings Diary)…July 2018

It is time, yet again, for the monthly airing of my private financial laundry.  My hope is that maintaining a journal of my savings will help provide additional motivation to save and allow me to spot trends.  It will also serve as a record, so that I can look back and analyze.   Continue reading “Back in the Saddle (Savings Diary)…July 2018”

Retail REITs: Brookfield’s Acquisition of General Growth Properties

Since my post about retail REITs, Brookfield Asset Management (“BAM”) entered into an agreement to acquire a mall REIT, General Growth Properties (“GGP”), so I thought we should take a quick look at that comparable transaction as a touchstone for sector valuations and also because the terms looked interesting.   Continue reading “Retail REITs: Brookfield’s Acquisition of General Growth Properties”