Practical approach to sustainable wealth
Summer vacation for AVI family this year was unsurprisingly rather different. To avoid crowds and popular tourist destinations, AVI family decided to go camping instead. To further minimize contact, we thought it was a smart idea to avoid a weekend getaway. Mr AVI took advantage of one of the few perks of a salaried man, […]
In one of the very first articles for the year, I did a pre-mortem analysis on my investment portfolio. The very first question I tackled was, What will I do and how will I feel if stocks reverse from these levels and fall 10%, 20% or 30%? I presented data supporting the evidence that >30 % […]
The past week was extremely busy for AVI family. Mrs AVI took keen interest in painting the younger AVI kiddo room and the only contribution from Mr AVI, remove cover panels from electric outlets! Before you think how insensitive, Mr AVI was busy as well and doing the stuff that most Americans supposedly hate, filing […]
We are already six months into the year 2020! Unless you live on Mars, there was no avoiding terms like COVID-19, Corona Virus, Black Lives Matter, Pandemic, and Recession. Amidst all of the chaos that has been 2020 thus far, there are some good things that have transpired as well, see here to see the […]
Recently I came across an interesting video from Mark Cuban, the billionaire famous for his gig on ABC’s hit series Shark Tank and for being the owner of NBA’s Dallas Mavericks. The video is titled “How you get rich (In 9 steps)“. While the title of the video is tongue-in-cheek, the advise that Mark gives […]
We are still in the first week of June and I thought may be its not too late to do a short post on NW updates for month of May using numbers from last updates in my excel log. Without further ado, the key numbers for the month-past (from April 25th through June 3rd) are: […]
Arbitrage is a fancy way of saying there is (risk free) money to be had by exploiting certain opportunities, for example, the act of buying and selling stocks in different markets to take advantage of different pricing for the same asset in different markets. When the arbitrage is applied to geography, we get Geoarbitrage. Geoarbitrage […]
Its been almost 3 weeks since the 4 hr marathon talk by Warren Buffett at the annual Berkshire meeting. The entire investing world was anxious to find out what Buffett had to say, especially, since the start of the pandemic Buffett had not made any public statement. With a cash hoard of upwards of $130 […]
It will soon be two months since WFH mandate was put in place by Mr Avi employer. By now Mr Avi should have figured out an optimal schedule of work hours that would maximize work efficiency and productivity, thereby allowing for more time to spend quality time with family and kids and at the same […]
The title for today’s post is a personal. Its been a good week because AVI kiddo topped in his section (2nd grade) of WA State Chess Championship for the year 2020. Kiddo has been participating in this annual event for the last 3 years. In the first year, he won 3 games of the 5 […]
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