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Moving Forward

I begin with reflection. Before arguing what to do next, I must first reflect on what has already transpired, no matter how painful and disturbing that may be. A confession I have experienced clinical depression before. Real medical depression that descended upon me out of the blue like a matte glass tomb insulating me from the […]

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Dual Momentum: A Year in Review

A little over year ago I took a drastic step. I moved all of my retirement account holdings away from the safety of a conventional buy-and-hold passive index portfolio, and towards a different approach; an approach riddled with dangerous taboos. It was an active approach. It was market timing. It was dual momentum investing, more […]

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Oh Me of Little Faith

I am a deeply unreligious person. I have a firm belief in just about nothing spiritual. Which is not to say that I am in any way more rational than the next guy. Not at all. My lack of piety simply reflects my own particular (and somewhat random) cultural heritage. Both of my parents, and […]

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Come Fly With Me

I have spent a lot of time writing here about two central topics. Topic number one is the miles game. Simply put, this is the set of skills that allows you to harness the generosity of credit card company signing bonuses and loyalty currency perks for your own benefit. And to surprising effect. Topic number […]

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Strong Will, Broken Bone

There’s a well described phenomenon in the medical literature known as “publication bias.” Simply put, we are all too collectively consumed with moving the ball of scientific progress forward. In practice this desire ends up meaning that a result such as “treatment A works better than the current standard of care,” is much more likely […]

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Un-Resolved

It is what, January 3? And already I have blown up both this year’s and last year’s New Year’s resolutions. But before I get to that sad state of affairs, why not engage in some self congratulatory reflection? As you may recall, my resolution last year was to try the “vegan before six” diet. The […]

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The Most Interesting Man In The World

The most interesting man in the world is not a B rate Hollywood actor with a Hemingway knock off beard. He’s not flanked at all times by bikini-clad swimsuit models. He’s not paid to peddle south of the border malt beverages, or for his propensity to pronounce all words as one might utter “Corinthian leather.” […]

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The Coward’s Game: That Old Standby

My central thesis in this series is that it is much wiser for investors to focus on the avoidance of losing money, rather than on making extra money in the market. The first thing to say is exactly how not to do this. Which is to say, “whatever you do, don’t follow your gut.” While […]

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Everything you need to know to manufacture spending

I’ve discussed credit card churns and flexibility, and reconsideration calls and keeping your newly approved cards organized…. On to the fun world of spending lots of money without spending much money at all:  otherwise known as manufactured spending. 1.  What is Manufactured Spending? Before covering the specifics of how to manufacture spending, it’s probably useful to start with […]

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The Chosen One

Before I ever cared about early retirement, before I ever churned my first credit card, before I had ever gone to medical school, or college, or high school, hell, before I even liked girls, before any of this, I loved baseball and the San Francisco Giants. I dressed up in homemade Giants uniforms, sweat pants […]

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