Category Archives: Life After Bonds

What I Don’t Miss About Work

In the realm of financial services there is an array of exams one needs to pass, starting with the word “series” and followed by what seems an infinite number though, oddly, start with, like, a Series 3, skips to Series … Continue reading

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The Last Job That Piqued My Interest

I won’t kid you but there are downs to the ups of retiring in material comfort.  There is, for example, the tendency to see more frequent, more dire, health issues and if not with you than certainly with people you … Continue reading

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If Only I Had the Cash

I get emails left and right from people ostensibly in the financial ‘industry’ telling me that the markets are in turmoil due to the coronavirus though they use the term COVID-19 because, I presume, that makes them sound more sophisticated. … Continue reading

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$4 million! Really?

In my recent guest column (https://www.financialsamurai.com/life-goes-by-quick-money-thoughts-from-a-retiree-with-cancer/) I threw up, almost literally, a figure of $4 million as the amount needed to retire and then went on to apologize for doing so. Such a figure might seem about right for an … Continue reading

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Life Goes By Quick: Money Thoughts From A Boomer Retiree With Cancer

(I was given the opportunity to write a guest column for my #1 favorite blog, FinancialSaumari.com. Below is what I wrote along with some comments that really made my day. Do take a look at that website and add your … Continue reading

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The Mink of Ford Road

← Pic Of The Day #961 06880 Where Westport meets the world; This little anecdote appeared in Dan Woog’s 06880 column on December 5, 2019 (https://06880danwoog.com/2019/12/05/the-mink-of-ford-road/#comments) The Mink Of Ford Road Posted on December 5, 2019 | 3 Comments Alert “06880” reader — and avid fisherman … Continue reading

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