On the Tuesday after each Thanksgiving and Black Friday, Giving Tuesday is an international day about giving support through charities and nonprofits by donating money and goods or volunteering your time. The same organization has created Giving … [Read the rest]
The 2020 Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholder Meeting was on May 2nd, 2020 and is now available as a recorded video on Yahoo Finance and a handy Rev.com transcription. As usual, I recommend listening or reading on your own, as my notes always … [Read the rest]
(2020 update. The 2020 Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholder Meeting took place virtually with a Q&A session with Warren Buffett and Greg Abel (the likely next CEO). Right now it is available on replay at Yahoo Finance with the full transcript … [Read the rest]
Michael Burry became famous (at least in investing circles) due to his bold bet against mortgage-backed securities in 2008 that was chronicled in The Big Short by Michael Lewis (later a movie). He's been pretty quiet since but has resurfaced … [Read the rest]
The WSJ article What to Do With a 401(k) When Leaving a Job did a good job summarizing the various things to consider when that time comes. Here is a chart showing what happens to the 401k and 403b plans held across Vanguard-sponsored employer … [Read the rest]
Tucked inside a WSJ article about Zillow and Opendoor cutbacks, there was a chart of the average tenure of US homeowners. I wasn't aware of this trend. The average homeowner now stays put for 4 years longer than before the 2008 crisis (8.2 vs. … [Read the rest]
(One more iPhone SE deal! Apologies if these bore you; I have no more planned. They do also happen to be the cheapest MVNOs for anyone with an existing phone. Compare with Visible and Mint Mobile.) Red Pocket Mobile is an MVNO with very … [Read the rest]
(After I wrote this up, the iPhone SE went out of stock. If you want this deal, I would check back regularly as it might be going to be in and out of stock for a while.) Visible is one of multiple discount MVNOs that use the Verizon network, but … [Read the rest]
Mint Mobile has a new iPhone SE bundle promotion where you can get the new iPhone SE 2020 for $15/month + their $15/month cell service = $30/month total. You save $40 off the iPhone SE price and you lock in their bulk discount on data plans. … [Read the rest]
Many investing articles basically keep telling you "Don't worry! stocks always go up!", but I appreciated the added perspective from the Morningstar article What Prior Market Crashes Can Teach Us About Navigating the Current One by Paul D. Kaplan and … [Read the rest]
Amazon is celebrating World Book Day 2020 by giving away 9 free Kindle books from around the world covering a variety of genres, from contemporary fiction to true crime to a children's book. "Buy" them for free by Friday 4/24 and you can own them … [Read the rest]
Updated for crazy 2020. The big news yesterday was that one measure of crude oil prices actually went negative, because futures were coming due and nobody had any place to store the oil upon delivery. Why did this happen? Part of the reason is … [Read the rest]
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