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Financial Update – Apr 2020

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Another month, another update. A few random comments. Good Reads/Listens/Watches Skid Row Marathon (link). A documentary about a judge helping to lift people out of homelessness through a shared hobby of running. One of the best movies I’ve seen in a while. It made me want to be a better person. (It’s on Amazon Prime). … Read more

Working from home

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I’m fortunate to have a job that allows me to work from home. That said, working from home makes for an interesting working environment. For example, I can hear every quarrel between my kids since my office (bedroom) is adjacent to the living room where my kids spend the entire day. 100 years from now, … Read more

Financial Update – Mar 2020

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Another month, another update. A few random comments. Good Reads/Listens/Watches Two good posts unpacking the $2T stimulus package: Kitces (link). GoCurryCracker (link). A subtle point regarding the stimulus checks: The check issued in a couple weeks will be based on 2019 AGI if you’ve already filed and 2018 if not. If you have lower AGI … Read more

Financial Update – Feb 2020

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Another month, another update. A few random comments. Good Reads/Listens/Watches Interesting 2hr PBS Frontline report on Amazon. It’s worth watching (link). TL;DW – Amazon is big and powerful. Really big. Really powerful. Another Econtalk episode on healthcare economics (link). Fiscal health of each state in the US, published by a non-partisan think tank (link). Two … Read more

Financial Update – Jan 2020

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Another month, another update. A few random comments. Good Reads/Listens/Watches Several interesting Bogleheads threads: On 2020 goals (link). On forgiving yourself for stupid financial mistakes (link). Giving advice to a recent college grad (link). Yesterday (link). Mrs FP and I really enjoyed it. We let FC1 and FC2 see it the next day. Greg Mankiw, … Read more