In the past few months, I have experienced a lot of what Abraham-Hicks calls “contrast;” that is, unwanted things. Before my continuous (and obsessive?) study of Abraham-Hicks/Law of Attraction principle, I did…
Category: Money & Investing
If Only We Were Robots (and Other Random Thoughts)
I decided to take some thoughts (mostly about investing, but not only) I wrote down recently and put them both down together here, instead of expanding each one into its own post:…
Counterfactual Thinking, that Sneaky Mechanism of the Mind
Investing is based the hope that assets you buy (whatever they may be) will provide (much) more value in the long run than the amount paid to buy them. This is a…
The Life-Changing Power of Decision
Back at the beginning of 2008 I made a decision to exercise 5 days a week for at least 25 minutes. Before I made this decision, I was a some-of-the-time athlete. I…
“STOCK MARKET!”
I have often written about my fixation on doing things that please me 🙂 This has become a #1 priority in my life over the last few years. It is why I…
It’s (Now More than Ever) Time to Develop Good Financial Habits
I just finished (yet another) personal finance book, this one David Bach’s “Start Late, Finish Rich.”* The book’s premise is that anyone—no matter their age or station in life–can get their financial…
Investing through Volatile Times (Part 2)
Throughout the crazy roller coaster of the past few months, we have continued to maintain our equanimity on the investing front. In fact, I have taken the opportunity to buy stocks (ie…
The Return of the Return of the Daily Blogger
It’s June 1st, 2020, and I’m ba-ba-ba-back, baby! I blogged every day in April and decided to take May off. The allure of the daily blog called to me, though, and by…
Templeton and the Test of One’s Investing Mettle
“The time of maximum pessimism is the best time to buy, and the time of maximum optimism is the best time to sell.”–Sir John Templeton Last summer I was curious to learn…
Thank You, U.S. Government
This morning I woke up to a nice surprise: we got stimulus money, direct-deposited to our checking account. The sweetness of this was multiplied by the fact that yesterday we finished our…