Last fall I posted about my progression with surfing. This year the trajectory stalled. Rather than a prolonged summer vacation in Southern California like we…
On 12/2/24, Intel announced the ouster of CEO Pat Gelsinger. He was central to my investing thesis, so I dumped all of our shares that…
On 9.27, I sold 4, 120 strike Calls with an 11.15 expiration against my J.M. Smucker Company (SJM) position for $4.80 each. SJM closed below…
In February, I posted: Middle-Aged Man on Rent vs Buy. I discussed how rent vs own ratios were way out of whack in many markets.…
This week would have been the 3rd anniversary of owning our home, mortgage free. However, we sold our home and moved to a different town…
In September, I sold covered calls against my position in Berkshire Hathaway. I almost felt sacrilegious for doing so; however, I sold the calls premised…
In January I posted that I wanted to keep our average dining out spend to $635 per month. In the first quarter we came in…
On 9.20, my SJM covered call options expired with the underlying share price below the option strike price, so I kept the shares. Subsequently, on…
I’ve accumulated a sizeable position in Berkshire Hathaway. I had been sheltering significant sums in T-bills which paid a nice, risk-free 5.5%. At the time…
Texas and Florida have been flashing warning signs in the residential property market for several months. Now six additional states have inventories that exceed pre-pandemic…