“You can get so confused that you’ll start in to race…and grind on for miles across weirdish wild space, headed, I fear, toward a most useless place. The Waiting Place.” – Dr. Seuss. When our children were young, we often read books by Dr. Seuss to them. Hop on Pop, The Sleep Book, Fox in Socks, and Oh, the Places… Read more →
July 2022 – Investing, Lifespan, RMDs, Vacation
Investors suffered losses during the first half of 2022. The picture below tells the story. Since the downturn has been due primarily to Fed actions intended to abate rising inflation, stocks and bonds have lost value. During the period the Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond fund and the Vanguard Large-Cap Stock fund each lost 20% of their value. The stocks of… Read more →
Big Sale on Stocks!
Good news, investors: Wall Street is holding a sale, offering stocks at 20% off! The statement above comes from a publication called MarketWatch, a subsidiary of Dow Jones and Company, the publisher of the Wall Street Journal. The article also points out that those who buy stocks the day the S&P 500 enters a bear market have made an average… Read more →
What would Warren Buffett do?
One hundred eleven billion, four hundred million dollars. $111.4B. $111,400,000,000. This is Warren Buffett’s approximate net worth as of May, 2022 according to Forbes. He is the 5th richest person on planet Earth, sometimes referred to as the “Oracle of Omaha” in recognition of his exemplary success as an investor. Had you invested $10,000 thirty years ago in S&P 500… Read more →
A Lesson About Planting Trees.
The best time to plant trees. Everyone agrees that trees are good. Trees provide oxygen which we require to live. They provide beauty. They live and grow and become furniture, walls, paper, etc. So, we should plant new trees. But when? When is the best time to plant a tree? It has been said that the best time to plant… Read more →