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…
Would Kevin Costner be considered middle-aged? He’s 69 so maybe he’s on the later side of middle-aged. He is raising teenage kids, which is usually…
On 8/15, I picked up rights to Smucker’s quarterly dividend of 1.08 on my 400 shares. On 8/16, the calls that I had sold against…
Have you ever wondered what Brooke Shields’ secret is to finding contentment and peace? Well, if you happened to read the August/September issue of Westlake…