The Cost of Capital and the Price of Time
We’ve all heard the phrase “time is money”.
But what exactly is the “price of time”? How do we calculate or
New Years Resolution
One of the “classics” in investing literature is Charles Ellis’ Winning the Loser’s Game. I happened to reread it recently, and what follows has heavy inspiration from
Of Adam Smith, Pyrrhic Victories, and your “Why?”
You are probably familiar with Adam Smith, often called the Father of Economics. Most people associate him with his book The Wealth
It is the Season – To worry about things, we cannot control, nor that may even have much effect on our day-to-day life!
The political season is just starting. Everybody
Staying Found
Years ago, Melinda and I hiked the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) from Ashland, OR to Manning Park, British Columbia. We learned a lot about ourselves during the roughly
Everything You Own
A realtor friend jokingly congratulated me on purchasing my home in 2009 by saying, “Welcome to the class of ‘home-moaners’!”. Get it? Homeowners constantly moan about their
Beware the Ides of March. NO! Beware the soothsayer! Remember reading Shakespeare in your high school English class?
The classic work of Julius Caesar gives the prognosticating soothsayer these words,
That’s the sense I get from many people that I talk with today. There’s so much going on, and coming at us so fast. If you turn on the news,
The word “lumpy” doesn’t evoke a lot of positive thoughts. Lumpy greens aren’t fun to putt on, and a lumpy mattress isn’t going to lead to a good night’s sleep.
Not KFC. Not QFC. A QCD, also known as a Qualified Charitable Distribution.
With the changes to the tax code for 2018, it’s possible that your charitable contributions will no