Swimming to Catalina, via Coronado

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This blog is about 2 things, my 2 passions – finance and fitness. To date, most posts have been about finance because there wasn’t much to discuss in regards to fitness. I am almost always training for something crazy but after the worst 8 mile per hour crash known to man in April at Ironman … Read more

9/14 Weekend Update. That popping noise you heard were AI stocks going to the moon. And also, champagne corks.

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Weekly Profit: $-4,583 Weekly Profit w/o CRWV write-down: $2,215 Opening Account Balance: $72,000 Ending Account Balance: $75,200 Next Week’s Profit Goal: $1,388 Next Week’s ending Account Balance goal: $76,588 This Week’s Trades Another week with profit and account balance decoupled. On Tuesday, ORCL announced earnings. While earnings were down, the guidance around AI was incredibly … Read more

9/7 Weekend Update – A week away, also not away

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Weekly Profit: $2,470 Opening Account Balance: $72,146 Ending Account Balance: $72,770 Next Week’s Profit Goal: $1,334 Next Week’s ending Account Balance goal: $73,598 Notable Trades: Week of 9/5 Over a year ago my wife bought a week in Puerto Rico at an auction. Was there wine involved? Probably. So we spent last week in a … Read more

Getting Poor Quick: Mark Twain & The Paige Typesetter

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“Marvelously ingenious and perfect, from a mechanical standpoint; worthless commercially, the costliest machine ever built will stand as a monument to Mark Twain’s vanished fortune.” New York Evening Telegram, October 8, 1898 Mark Twain & The Paige Typesetter: A Cautionary Tale Mark Twain once said, “I am not as young as I was several years … Read more

8.31 Weekend Update – A New Beginning, Again

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Weekly Profit: $927 Opening Account Balance: $69,492 Ending Account Balance: $72,146 The 9th week of a 73 week process (~ 12%) is sort of mile 4 of the marathon. You’re warmed up, you’ve made the mistake everyone makes of going out too fast (or too slow), you’ve found your pace and you’re staring at the … Read more

Why – Part 3 of a 3 Part Series. Epic workouts & Core Races & Forever Pace edition.

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The central idea behind this blog was always twofold. First, the 18 Month Plan, aka the 1% Plan. Through a combination of stock & options trading, investing and dividend harvesting I generate $10,000 per month by December 31, 2026, ‘lifestyle’ money. This number would reduce and eventually eliminate reliance on a W2. I have primarily … Read more

8.24 Weekend Update

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The week of 8.18-8.22 could be described as a rebuild. A rebuild that didn’t require a teardown first. I wrote last week about my first posted loss and the downstream psychological effects. It turns out that my mood was more tied to this process than I’d liked; it was healthy to confront this, so I … Read more