Diesel in the News

 

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... Flation Types

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4 Pillars

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Money & Energy

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Client Quotes from Today :)

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3 Truths

 

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Mother Teresa & Einstein

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Book Notes

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Expected Returns

Schwab, GMO, Vanguard, Research Affiliates

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FAIR COMPARISON

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Blame the President

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Not Your Average Emergency Fund

Here is an article I wrote recently for the CFP Board...

Hope and Action

 

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Final Gathering

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Unlocking the Secrets of Nature through Dentistry

 

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Passport Quotes

 

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Benefits of the Ukraine War

 

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The Age of A.I.

 

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Say - I've Been There!

Recently, I shared a re-post of a blog I did about the Millennium Bridge in London and how it demonstrates human behavior when they become connected – and that efficiency does not necessarily equal safety.

Well, I don’t know why I didn’t think about this at the time, but I’ve been to the Millennium Bridge. In 2017, my mother and I attended a wedding in York, England and we made it a point to visit the infamous bridge on the way back through London. 

 

Just Doin' Our Job, Ma'am

Recently we got a call from a client who just lost her job. She was telling us how much she appreciated being in the position she was, due in part because of work we had done over a year ago when her job seemed secure.  This is a common comment to which we always say the same thing:

"That's just financial planning and we're just doing our job."  

True American

 Yesterday I was having a conversation with a 31-year employee of a locally-owned service business. Business is good, and they are very financially responsible people. I was talking to him about how it’s often hard to see what's really going on in the economy from our secure bubble. To which he replied: 

“Look, Troy, when I make or win a sale, I create business to bring into the company where men and women in the manufacturing plant take steel and put it in the machines that make equipment that we then sell all around the world. Then those employees take their paychecks home and they buy groceries, make house payments, and move their lives ahead one month at a time. Now what is wrong with that?”

How to Win Every Time

Last night I watched the movie “Patch Adams” for probably the 4th time.  This is the one where Robin Williams plays a medical student who gets crosswise with the establishment bureaucrats in the school system with his comedic antics aimed at “treating” patients.    

300 Laughs A Day

Recently I heard a statistic that stated that the average child laughs 300 times per day, while the average adult only laughs 7 times.  

Mother Nature's Way

Here is a re-post of a blog I published back in October 2013 that perfectly describes what's going on right now.

So I went to a conference last week in Dallas where financial advisors from around the region gathered to discuss strategies for "High Performing Firms".  I was NOT enthusiastic about being there until Ren Cheng, PhD gave a kooky professor presentation on Systemic Risk.

Thought Experiment: Unlimited Money

What would the world look like if we had unlimited money?

 

   * Ultimately, over a long enough period of time, the world would be dominated by the physically and mentally strongest who are committed to a unified purpose or mission.

 

 * Humans would be significantly minimized. Natural law will prevail.

 

  * Other “incentives” would need to be created to encourage activities consistent with an integrally informed, sustainable economic system.

 

  *The planet (Earth) ceases to support humans.

 

YIKES – quite a bleak assessment of money. However, contrasted with Unlimited Energy, it seems clear we should focus our money on finding ways to produce unlimited, clean, inexpensive energy. This, in my humble opinion, highlights the difference between our VIRTUAL money system and the REAL world of food, clothing, and shelter.

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