Monthly Archives: December 2018

I don’t want to do the math but I do math so here it goes; the S&P 500 is down nearly 15% so far this month. Even something as simple as the Vanguard Wellesley fund, cited as having conservative allocation … Continue reading →

(I’ve been dry on ideas and forced myself to write it. Reminded me of how I feel with scrawny Christmas trees.  I won’t force you to read it, though!) I’m going cut down my Christmas tree today.  I don’t think … Continue reading →

I cut down a Christmas tree. The tree farm was massive for Fairfield County. A hundred acres at least, filled with thousands of trees ranging from small and just planted to massive and requiring a chain saw to chop down … Continue reading →

I’m snuggled on my velour couch pondering my life,                                                                … Continue reading →

“Will do.” “Have a great Trip.”  “Will do. Have fun.”  “So cute.”  “Congratulations.”  “Love it.” These are some of the canned responses you can click on in email to, what, save some time versus a genuine response that take less effort than … Continue reading →

Oooh, isn’t that a teasing headline?   What follows is a lighter version of what I might write for an institutionalized professional audience because on my very personal blog I hope most readers are not institutional investors and will get the … Continue reading →

(This was the result of a writing ‘prompt’ in my writing class, where we were asked to fictionalize a real Christmas encounter.  I won’t tell you which part of this is the real and which is the fictional.  Unless you … Continue reading →

From the Wall Street Journal, Nov 30 2018, under the title, Bond Indexes Bend Under Weight of Treasury Debt: “The Treasury Department projected to run trillion-dollar deficits for the foreseeable future. As issuance increases, funds that use the Bloomberg Barclays … Continue reading →