Investing, Misc., Retirement, Taxes
Hardy Har Har-ley: 10 Hilarious Harley Schwadron Comics About Money
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Harley Schwadron started drawing cartoons at the age of eight. However, he reports, “…I never thought I could earn a living at it.” Knowing the odds were against him, he instead got a master’s degree in journalism. After graduating he worked as a reporter for Michigan News Service. However, he never lost his passion for…
Books, Misc.
Be Skeptical of Pervasive Pessimism About the World
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“Skepticism and pessimism aren’t synonymous. Skepticism calls for pessimism when optimism is excessive. But it also calls for optimism when pessimism is excessive.” – Howard Marks. The quote above is from the excellent book The Most Important Thing: Uncommon Sense for the Thoughtful Investor, and Marks said it in the context of investing. This is…
Misc.
A Father Is… – Micawber’s Money Quote (June 16, 2018)
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Budgeting, Investing, Retirement, Saving
How Are You Treating the Future You? – Micawber’s Money Quote (June 4, 2018)
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Misc., Smartest Things Ever Said About Money
Money Is…?
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In 2005 David Foster Wallace told the following short parable in a graduation speech at Kenyon College: “There are these two young fish swimming along, and they happen to meet an older fish swimming the other way, who nods at them and says, Morning boys. How’s the water?” And the two young fish swim on…
Investing
Micawber’s Favorites (Market Correction Edition) – February 18, 2018
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Links to several of my favorite recent articles on money and life: It has been a wild ride in the stock markets the last couple of weeks. Although markets have gained back over half of what they lost, they did lose more than 10% from previous highs, making this an official correction. This is in…
Investing
Stocks Are On Sale – Micawber’s Money Quote (February 12, 2018)
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Money Parables, Saving
How We Stopped Throwing Money Out the Window and Saved It Instead
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There is an old story about two colleagues talking during a break at work. One of them is a smoker and the other one isn’t. The nonsmoker asks the smoker how long he has been smoking. Between puffs he replies, “About a pack a day for 30 years.” The nonsmoker, obviously a personal finance nerd,…
