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Learning from 2018

Learning from 2018

I have always stressed in good times and in bad (and last year certainly qualified as bad) that it is imperative to have a well-diversified portfolio including stocks, bonds, real estate and private equity/venture capital. This chart, which equally weights the 10...
SANTA’S LITTLE HELPER

SANTA’S LITTLE HELPER

SANTA’S LITTLE HELPER Spending time with one’s grandchildren is always special, but Christmas is something altogether different. Decorating the Christmas tree, making gingerbread cookies for Santa, the school Christmas pageant, and then finally, mercifully, the...
IT’S BETTER IN THE BAHAMAS

IT’S BETTER IN THE BAHAMAS

My wife, Christa, was recently asked to write a foreword to a beautiful book of photographs of one of the islands in the Bahamas. Why I wasn’t asked is a mystery to me. Nevertheless, she wrote a wonderful foreword which I have included below, as well as a picture of...
PAW PATROL

PAW PATROL

Sadly, it only happens once a year, but it is special. Taking the grandchildren off for their first day of school is always memorable. Excitement mixed with nervousness is the order of the day, especially for the youngest, Holt, who is attending a new school. Thank...
THE TWINS AND LEONARDO

THE TWINS AND LEONARDO

Well, it’s that time of year again. The kids are almost back to school and their parents need a well-deserved break. Who do they call – their grandparents. So, for the past four weeks, we have had the little darlings, twin boys who will celebrate their sixth birthday...