Finance Xpress

I'm reading a great little book called The Practice Of Not Reacting: Zen Wisdom For A Happy Life by Ryushun Kusanagi. The publisher is Portfolio Penguin, the same publisher for my 2027 book, Your Children Will Be OK. One of the core concepts is that all of us want to be recognized for our contributions. At work, at […]

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Ever since graduating from business school in 2006, one of my favorite ways to learn is through case studies. And there's no better case study for understanding the IPO quiet period than Anthropic's upcoming IPO. Anthropic is expected to publicly file its IPO prospectus after Labor Day, with a listing as soon as late September […]

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In April 2026, I gave up my private sports club membership. The stock market was correcting again due to the war in Iran, oil and inflation had shot up, and I figured it was time to cut expenses and simplify. The membership was $185 a month. On top of that I paid $25 per guest […]

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I have been a landlord since 2005, the year I rented out the very first property I bought in San Francisco after buying a single-family home. Since then I've been through all sorts of disputes. Neighbors texting me that my tenants were running across their roofs during Fleet Week. A heaping pile of trash left […]

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I wrote this post because I needed a kick in the pants. I was finishing my fifth straight day of seven to nine hours of childcare, plus three posts and a newsletter. My wife and I were both sick, but she had it worse, so stepping up wasn't optional. What follows is mostly me talking myself […]

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Housing affordability is at a crisis low. You've read that headline a hundred times. Incomes have to rise or home prices have to crash to return to the housing affordability levels pre-COVID. It's true if you measure a home in dollars earned. It is not true at all if you measure a home in stock […]

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After publishing The Untold Burden Of Being Your Family's Financial Provider, I got this comment from a reader named Brian: “I can identify with this post as I am the family CFO / CIO. I think you are WAY overcomplicating this. What is wrong with merely investing in VTI / VXUS and chill? My returns have […]

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