In my previous post on housing I posit that the money we spend on housing may be thought of as fulfilling a combination of functions – namely necessity, consumption, and investment.  To do the investment part right, we should try to separate in a clear-headed way which function we’re spending money on.  Housing as an

Data, Data, Everywhere, but Not a Thought to Think. We live in a data-rich, analysis-poor world. What do I mean by that? TEDtalk-type folks tell us we create more data every moment than we know what to do with, that the data created in just the last 10 years overwhelms the data generated in the

What housing is and is not Housing, in a personal investment sense, is a confusing combination of necessity, consumption, and investment.  Separating and naming these functions can clarify for you exactly what you’re looking for in a house. Your house is your roof and shelter from the earthly elements first, as well as the place

The air is just different owning business equity rather than earning a fixed income with a salary.  Can you smell it? I left Goldman in 2004 and have been downwardly mobile, career-wise, ever since.  I’ve also never been happier. I’ve written before that one of the keys to feeling and being wealthy is do something