Optimists, pessimists, and realists in life and investing

My last post, Why I am not a Bitcoin investor, sparked a surprisingly positive response both in and out of the comments section - thank you to those who reached out.  Even the Canadian Moneysaver is going to pick it up for an upcoming issue.  It seems there are a lot of investors who share my reservations about cryptocurrencies and…

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Life is like a jar of golf balls

Here is an apocryphal story for you.  Its veracity may be questionable, but its impact and utility are not.   A university professor enters a classroom full of students carrying a box which he puts on the floor.  He pulls a large glass jar out of the box and puts it on his desk.  Then he reaches back into the box…

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Making good decisions in wicked environments

We recently decided to move.  The short story is that we found and bought the perfect house at a reasonable price and we sold our current house in just four days for over our asking price.  Sounds good, right?  Upon hearing the news, someone close to me commented, “Wow, you guys really got lucky!”.Did we?  As always, there was some…

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