Where Does Crypto Fit?
There are many potential investments, from stocks to art, from race horses to land, from…
Cumberford Martinique
Sports Cars: MGA & Sunbeam Alpine
Since I started reading sports car magazines in my mid teens I’ve been interested in cars. We lived on the Navy base in Long…
Undergraduate College
I had selected Case Institute of Technology because my uncle was on the faculty. Our family had moved from Long Beach, California to McLean,…
First Real Jobs And Masters Degree
When I returned home to look for a job after graduating from Case, my father talked about my studies with one of his friends….
Growing Up: Age 5-8; Isle Of Palms, SC
1971 BMW 2002
Since my late teens, I’ve read sports car magazines and thought about what I’d like to have. While I was in my last year…
College Pranks
I grew up with stories of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) as my father had grown up nearby and he received his masters degree…
Diagrammatic Guide Signs
Growing Up: Age 8-12; Falls Church, VA
We moved to Fall Church from South Carolina (see my Age 5-8; Isle Of Palms, SC post) because my father, a naval officer, was…
Where Does Crypto Fit?
There are many potential investments, from stocks to art, from race horses to land, from collectible glass to crypto. How should we think about…
My Experiences With Vitamins
I began thinking about vitamins after I quit smoking in my late 20s. (I was sick and away from home – and decided that…
Why Market Efficiency Is Important
Breakfast
Our Precious and Fragile Democracy
July 15, 2020 Dear Friends: I have sent this letter to classmates and other friends. I hope you will read it and understand my…
Not Building A House In Vermont
I’d dreamed for decades of building a house adjacent to my grandparents’ land in North Shrewsbury, VT. But we put building off until we…
How To Fix a Lip Sync Problem
Self-Medicating as I Age
No system is perfect; they all have the vices associated with their virtues. The profit motive drives much of our medical system, but it…
Why The Stock Market Is Inefficient
TV and Stereo Interests
Life With Stuttering
Harvard Business School Doctorate
HBS found me an apartment within walking distance of campus. It wasn’t a nice part of Cambridge and there were cockroaches. I moved in,…
My first Teaching Gig
Investing In An Inefficient Market
Twenty-five years ago, after I learned that the stock market had become inefficient, I began to think about investing in an inefficient market. Together…