There are only a few more days in 2023. The time flies by, doesn’t he? As we close out the year 2022, I want to share with you a few thoughts I’ve had, some goals for next year, as well as a quick Q&A. Let’s start. A Big Personal Shift for 2022 Between August 2021 and August 2022…
When I was young, I played a lot of video games. Call of Duty was one of them. I also played Skyrim, Super Smash Bros and Halo. When I was between 10 and 11 years old, one particular game stood out: Pokémon. Pokemon’s core gameplay revolves around the battles of creatures ( they are called “Pokemon”) that have different types…
Diego Maradona led Argentina to its second World Cup victory in eight years in 1986. The team defeated West Germany in the final round of football’s premier tournament. Maradona is still revered by his fellow Argentines as a deity. After 28 years, a new Argentine was at the top of football. Lionel Messi had returned the South…
Let me explain the stock market. Companies are entities which (typically), sell products to make money. Apple sells iPhones and sometimes carbon credits, McDonald’s offers burgers and Amazon has everything. These companies are all owned by people, and ownership stakes can change. Private transactions are usually used to buy and sell smaller companies, just like when you or…
Richard Matheson’s I Am Legendtells Robert Neville’s story, the last human on Earth. This story tells of a vampiric disease decimating the Earth, killing Neville’s daughter, wife and neighbors. Neville, driven by both revenge and self-preservation for three years, hunted, killed, and experimented on vampires. While the vampires were comatose during the day, Neville drove stakes into their…
Ash Barty, a 23 year old Australian, took over the Tennis World in March 2019 when she beat three of the top ten players including Petra Kvitova, Karolina pliskova and Karolina Slijkova, on her way to winning Miami Open. She defeated Marketa Vondrousova, in the French Open finals two months later. In the final…
The third place in sociology refers to the environment that is separate from the usual two social environments, namely the home (“first place”) or the workplace (“second Place”). Churches, cafes and libraries have been the third places to meet others. With others. They provide a public space away from home and work where people can gather…
After reading a Washington Post article about American loneliness two weeks ago, I couldn’t stop thinking about it. The tl:dr is that Americans spend more alone time than ever. This article contains some shocking statistics: The decline is similar when “friends” are expanded to include co-workers and clients. In 2010, the average American spent 15 hour per…
The first of two posts that I will be writing about my thoughts on money. The second half will be released on Thursday. I hope you like it. The Value of Time principle is an important finance concept that tells us the amount of change in value between two dates, given an annual return. Using the…
Three investors are active in the market at present: Winners – Those who have made an absurd amount of money within a short period of time Losers – Those who have lost an absurd amount of money within a short period Outsiders: People who have neither gained nor lost significant amounts of money but took…
