Warning: this will not be a particularly well researched or philosophical post. I’ve read my fair share on the subject I’m about talk about, but I’m certainly no expert. The reason I’m writing this post is just to communicate the simple model that I have in my head when I think and talk about bonds. […]
Current Anatomy
The miles game continues to steam along month after month. There’ve been no dramatic changes to my approach of late but there’ve been some subtle changes that are worth reporting on. My current approach involves: $1000 “spent” in Amazon payments a month between me and my wife’s account. One Isis serve card for both me […]
Thought Experiments
One of the absolute best things about having this blog is interacting with my readers. There is something about this format that brings together people with similar interests and perspectives and allows for the mixing of ideas and experiences in unusual ways. And on this blog, if there were to be an MVR award (for […]
Diversions
Smart investing is boring, plain-vanilla, milquetoast. One need only invest in well diversified portfolio of low-cost, passive index stock funds, and just enough bonds to match their own risk tolerance. (And rebalance once every year or two.) And yet here I am several hundred posts into my blog, still writing about investing. And the reason […]
Gravy
The miles game is not a discrete object. It cannot be looked at from multiple angles and judged to be a specific thing. Instead it is malleable and plastic. And so it can not help but become a reflection of the player who plays it. In my mind there are three categories of (serious) miles […]
Embracing Prejudice
If there’s one quote that I’m really a sucker for it is this one; “This above all: to thine own self be true.” That Shakespeare was quite a fellow. In this one simple line he captures so much essential wisdom. Off the top of my head this truism suggests that we should all aspire to […]
Pitching Camp
Growing up, I don’t ever remember going camping. Backpacking yes, camping no. My father was a bit on the extreme side, you see. (Fortunately these traits are not at all dominant) so backpacking meant packing light, and fishing for dinner, and carrying heavy things for long distances into the Stanislaus wilderness area with the entire […]
Into The Wild
I’m excited to go on a camping trip with my family for the next few days by the beautiful Mckenzie river in the southwestern Oregon Cascades. Although I will surely be doing some writing, it is very doubtful that I will be posting in that Wifi desert. So Happy 4th. And we’ll talk soon. -Miles […]
Stupid Human Tricks
I’ve tried to be pretty Orthodox in my investment writing here, to date. I think that most of what I write about investing could be successfully boiled down to a pretty boring list of 10 plain vanilla commandments. Save more of your own money and invest it. Invest your money in low cost passively managed […]
Systemic Conflict
I’m in the middle of a terrific book by Daniel Kahneman entitled Thinking Fast And Slow. This book was given to me by my good friend Keiki, and for good reason. It’s changing the way I think about consciousness. It also provides hard evidence for something that I’ve suspected for a long time. Namely that my […]
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