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"To America – With Profound Gratitude: My Journey to Freedom and Independence" by Reiko McKendry
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Investing Outside of Wall Street – Technology culture shock
The technology-stock bubble burst in 2000, during which I lost a huge portion of my retirement funds. Four years later, after much pondering, hemming and hawing, I finally dared to leave my 20-year career in Corporate America – to devote … Continue reading
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Atrocities
This year marks the 70th anniversary since the end of World War II. For slightly over half a century since 1945, the Western hemisphere seemed to be a relatively safe and peaceful place – until the 9/11/2001 attack by Muslim … Continue reading
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Movie reviews – Part 2 of 2: “American Sniper”
This is a sequel to my last month’s blog post, Part 1 of 2: “Unbroken.” The reason I wanted to watch both movies on the same day is simple. Several decades separate the two actual events: (1) World War II … Continue reading
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Investing Outside of Wall Street – My big why
Recently, David forwarded me an email from my brother with a subject line indicating, “Urgent.” You see, David is very much a people person. In stark contrast, I am all about business. I learned that my brother and one of … Continue reading
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Movie reviews – Part 1 of 2: “Unbroken”
On Saturday, January 17, 2015, David and I went to see two movies at the new MJR Theater in Troy, MI. This theater is located at the south-east corner of Maple and Livernois, where the old Kmart building used to … Continue reading
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Investing Outside of Wall Street – Delegating tasks to increase revenues
A few years ago, a coach with whom we were working at that time suggested that we hire a local personal assistant. The objective was to enable us to focus our attention ON our investment business, rather than keeping ourselves … Continue reading
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The best period in human history
As we welcomed the New Year, and as terrorism by Muslim extremists continues to dominate the news, I cannot help but think that those of us baby-boomers were born, grew up, and became adults during one of the best periods … Continue reading
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Investing Outside of Wall Street – Cleaning file drawers for the New Year
As small-business owners in America, the best time to get some tedious-but-necessary work done, for which we just don’t have the time during the rest of the year, is between Christmas and the New Year. In recent years, I have … Continue reading
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Investing Outside of Wall Street – My fourth language to freedom
In March 2014, I wrote about my third language to freedom, the language of real estate. This month’s post is a sequel of sorts. My fourth language to freedom is the language of money, rules, and regulations. In … Continue reading
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“For That One Day: The Memoirs of Mitsuo Fuchida, Commander of the Attack on Pearl Harbor” – Part 4 of 4: Reverend Billy Graham, President Truman, and Margaret Covell
Here are Part 1 of 4, Part 2 of 4, and Part 3 of 4 – just in case you would like to review some or all of them before reading this Part 4 of 4. Another December 7th has come and gone. It … Continue reading
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