From: January 2022

Is Tech Dead?

My mom was calling me all week (she lives in Toronto). I was not returning her calls because I figured like everyone else she was calling for my opinion about the wreckage in software and cloud stocks. For my mom’s 8oth birthday we got her an iPad and my niece Jordie subscribed her to my …

The Magic of Vestaboard

Before I get started… The new Aziz Ansari Netflix comedy special was really funny. Onwards.. Back in 2016 I made a small personal investment in Vestaboard. I forget how I met Dorrian (I forget what I had for lunch yesterday…and we chatted yesterday and I forgot to ask him how me wet), but when he …

You Stupid Son Of A Bitch

Today, Jerome Powell will be babbling about inflation and is expected to raise interest rates. Despite everyone knowing what he is going to say, everyone is still talking about it. That is how markets work in an era of a thousand communication apps. In an era where if you do a little digging you can …

The End of Memes? …. NO

Last week I wrote about this correction/bear market being the end of FOMO. Over the weekend crypto crashed and I imagine 100’s of thousands of leveraged crypto accounts were wiped out. Yesterday, Matt Levine at Bloomberg wrote ‘Maybe The Memes Are Over?‘ The gist: This week is the one-year anniversary of the GameStop thing. From …

Kelvin Beachum Jr, Offensive Lineman for the Arizona Cardinals & 2022 Walter Payton Man of the Year Nominee, on Investing, Leveraging your Network, and Parenting with Intention

Panic with Friends – Investing for Profit and Joy   I am very excited to have Kelvin back on my podcast, this time in person. Most important I got him to say the ‘secret words’ …multiple hottubs. Kelvin is a great guy with an awesome sense of humor who refuses to arm wrestle me. We …