Emily and I have been married for a couple of decades and we’ve been busy raising our four kids almost the entire time. We met in college and immediately started having little ones. I always believed that we were already poor so we might as well have our kids and be REALLY poor. We’ve been …
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Travel Update (2019)
There is a great big world out there and I haven’t seen most of it! I intend to do my best to change that. First Let’s Back Up I’ve been to some pretty cool places in my life. Many I’ve visited multiple times and some I’ve been to once but could have spent much longer …
Hiking Update (2019)
There are few places I’d rather be than tromping around in the woods somewhere. I like biking for sure but I like hiking equally (if not more). I’ve definitely ridden more miles (and spent more time riding) than I have spent hiking. Recently however I’ve reversed this. In 2019 I’ve spent a ton of time …
BHAGs!
Have Goals! Live your life with goals. Cross things off your list, add new things, repeat! I’m an old man with ADHD who is always in chase of his next BHAG (Big, Hairy, Audacious Goal). I might move quickly from topic to topic, but they all interweave together into this thing called life. I only …
Movies Update (2019)
MOVIES!!! I’m a fan of fine cinema! I find it amazing that I can sit down and basically be transported into another world that a huge team of creative people has spent countless hours and probably many millions of dollars to create. The best part is all it costs me is a few bucks and …
Physical Gold and Silver
Asset Class: Commodities (Precious Metals) Original Investment Thesis (7/2018): I will likely keep a precious metal allocation in my portfolio from here on out. I’ve never owned precious metals in my life until mid-2018. I’ve heard all the great investors talk about how it is nothing but a pet rock, has no yield, therefore, it …
Topic: Importance Of Family
They say you can choose your friends but not your family. This means that for better or worse it looks like you are stuck with me for the remainder of our duration on this earth together. I love each one of you and wouldn’t have it any other way. I asked us all to dinner …
Creating Deanco Investment Group
Preston, my oldest son, recently (in late 2017) got interested in investing and wanted to learn about it. I warned him it was really hard, really time-consuming and almost always a losing game to try to beat the “market”. I told my son if you want to invest in individual stocks (rather than just buy …
Tenet: Don’t Do Things That You Know Ain’t Right – Just act right! So many people get this simple concept wrong.
James 4:17 So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin. Just act right! So many people get this simple concept wrong! I have found myself wondering why people can’t just act right so many times in my life. It is mind-boggling things that you hear …
Topic: Why College?
Earlier this year I talked with you guys about the importance of intelligence/education in determining your success in life and in creating wealth for you and your family. We talked about how smart people wind up earning more than people who are not as smart. We talked about how educated people wind up earning more …
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