Tag: behavioral finance

Stream of Consciousness # 1 – Nomad Letters: Sharing Benefits and Some Potential Examples

Welcome back! I am going to try out a new “series” of posts where I just convey sort of an unformatted “stream of consciousness” about what I’m reading, listening to, or thinking. These posts can hopefully serve as sort of notes or observations for future discussion or reference.

I will stick these on a separate page for ease reference. With this format I won’t feel like I have to try and organize and polish, which can be kind of a drag when your day job is mostly drafting various sorts of formal documents

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State of the Stash – January 2021

It is time for my monthly personal finance and investing journal update. Let us examine the State of my Stash…

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Paying in Cash? Who Does That?

In the time of covid-19, paying in cash definitely seems like an anachronism. This is an investing post, however, and I’m not writing about buying items with paper money. Rather, I’m thinking about companies that do not pay their execs and boards by issuing stock.

This is probably even more rare than cash payments during covid. It could also be a telling signal about the culture of a company and its people.

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My Fun Fund and The Great Cessation

This is going to be a quick Fun Fund investment journal update to document my thoughts (and actions), so that I can hopefully reflect and improve over time (and, perhaps more likely, for our mutual future amusement).

I sold some stocks in my Fun Fund account last Friday, as a matter of portfolio management. If I am totally honest, however, I am also expressing a view about the overall market. The timing of “trimming” these positions was influenced by my view of the current risks and rewards on offer in the equity market.

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My Savings Rate

The savings rate is a topic of much angst and consternation in the financial independence community. I have intended for some time to share my savings rate and periodically track/update it on this site. So, let’s do that. I also have some thoughts on the most sensible way to handle some of the more controversial aspects of computing the savings rate.

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State of the Stash – March 2019

It is time, yet again, for the monthly airing of my private financial laundry.  I hope that this journal of savings will provide us all enhanced motivation to save.  It will also serve as a record, so that I can look back and analyze to see where I can improve. Continue reading “State of the Stash – March 2019”

A Curious New Pod

A week screamed by and I did not get to post.  If you were bothered by this…great!  Also, I apologize.  I have a young kid, a career, and a dog (two, actually) that is literally hitting my leg with his stuffed chicken toy, insisting that I play with him, as I type this.  In between diapers and toy tosses, however, I was able to get through some pods.  Continue reading “A Curious New Pod”

Good Things…

This is another in my series of media curation posts.  Hopefully you are enjoying these podcasts and other finance-related content.  This week, I have another new podcast and we venture back into the world of REITs and real estate. Continue reading “Good Things…”

Media Curation – Baby Buffett Book

I have been reading, watching, and listening to a fair amount of finance media lately. But for this post we’re going to go back in time a bit, because I want to make sure this one did not escape our attention.  It is also topical for an investment I am currently pondering. Continue reading “Media Curation – Baby Buffett Book”