Financial Update – Apr 2023

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Another month, another update. A few random comments. Good Reads/Listens/Watches Guy Raz interviews OpenAI’s Sam Altman (link). It’s hard to wrap my head around how much the world is about to change. Speaking of AI, I found these 60 Minutes clips to be pretty interesting: Full segment. Bonus segment. Life The end-of-school is always a … Read more

Financial Update – Mar 2023

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Another month, another update. A few random comments. Good Reads/Listens/Watches The Finance Buff on the safety/risks of money market funds in a brokerage account (link). His money market fund guide was great too (link). I found BigERN’s post on SVB to be worth reading (link). BigERN also wrote an interesting “Basics of FIRE” post (link). … Read more

Financial Update – Feb 2023

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Another month, another update. A few random comments. Good Reads/Listens/Watches Mrs FP and I (+ the two oldest kids) are officially obsessed with Neflix’s Drive to Survive series (link). Prior to this show, we couldn’t have cared less about car racing. But this show is so well produced that it is impossible to not be … Read more

2023 Financial Recommendations

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A few weeks ago I wrote a deflated post in which I questioned the wisdom of keeping this tiny blog alive. Quite a lot of you responded that I should keep it limping along, so I will. On the topic of what to write about going forward, Ron gave the following suggestion: As a reader, … Read more

Financial Update – Jan 2023

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Another month, another update. A few random comments. Good Reads/Listens/Watches The Mitchells vs the Machines (link). Pretty entertaining family movie. I’ve recently become addicted to the music of Ben Rector (link). Old Friends (link). What Makes a Man (link). The Men That Drive Me Places (link). Heroes (link). Brand New (link). Drive (link). Life Due … Read more