Not enough on your plate to worry you? Time to become a “Seniorpreneur!” Today we take up some very uncomfortable forward-thinking about what may lie ahead for America’s aging grays. (Two of which we is.) Beyond just lining-out the problem, though, we have some ideas for how to cope with hard times that you can … Read More
Another look over my shoulder as we use “alternative means” in our quest to beat markets.” And as you can tell from the title, this experiment is in progress until Monday. See, when markets are making big, powerful moves, you don’t want to get in the way of them. And since the Fed has made … Read More
I’m writing another book – a novel this time – and you’ll find the research done for this one very interesting. You see, it’s a novel about what happens when Anti-Aging medicine really pays off. How does that friendly government of ours go about rooting out fraud on the one hand while, at the same … Read More
“May you live in interesting times.” And, as Robert Kennedy said in a Cape Town speech (1966) “Like it or not we live in interesting times.” Although Kennedy attributed the quote to a “Chinese curse” there is no support in the literature for such a phrase. We know a few multicultural white hats. This morning, … Read More
Had the weather stayed a bit warmer Saturday, I would have wired up a solar panel, charge controller, knife switch, and the on-demand 12 VDC water pump for the rainwater fresh H2O catchment system. Made me remember to write down some notes about parallels between home ownership and living on a sailboat as I did … Read More
A third of the way into January, the rains have returned to Texas. Those couple of weeks rounding-out December, were nothing more than sucker-punches for the unwary. From the outside project table, under the off-square rannygaboo (Americanized from the more proper rannygazoo) rain cover, there were projects lined up as far are the eye could … Read More
Ah. the Joy of the Season. Time to get hammered. What’s an old geezer to do when markets are closed, the kids are too busy, and there’s only so much idle chit-chat you can do on the 75-meter breakfast nets in the morning? Why, you get a wild hare idea to build something. In the … Read More
Although I’m not a financial advisor, we do serve up an interesting mix of ideas for dealing with Social Security benefit reductions should they come along. Say, there’s a pretty safe bet, huh? Naturally, the fear porn industry is already offering projections. But they are wildly premature. On the other hand, some of the basic … Read More
Although 2034 seems a long ways off, not too early to be rethinking Social Security plans. It’s due to run out of assets during our lifetime. 2034 is when the Trust Fund part runs out. Assuming we get lucky for 13-more years! Actually, we doubt it will be that long. Because Covid 19 and the … Read More