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All The Emotions

I’m saddened to be writing another non-finance blog. It was not that long ago I wrote about Ahmaud Arbery’s murder and now we have cities across the country burning after George Floyd’s. I’ve written two other “posts” for today that I have decided to keep to myself—they were much longer and shared my thoughts and feelings. They were therapeutic to write—to…

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Weekly Mixtape For May 24th, 2020

Week In Review Articles The WSJ: The Job Market’s Long Road Back The WSJ: Powell Says Fed Prepared to Use ‘Full Range of Tools’ to Support Economy The WSJ: Rental-Car Company Hertz Files for Bankruptcy You have to be ok with people hating you to do anything interesting it turns out. Nobody mentioned that growing up. Figure out what you feel is right…

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The Great Reset

A couple of weeks ago in my newsletter for financial advisors I wrote about our current situation being “The Great Reset”—I know I’m not the first person to use this phrase, although I don’t remember seeing it anywhere before it hit me. In the newsletter I explained how this slow down in life, despite the inconvenience and frustration it might…

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All About Your Benjamins The Podcast, IG Live

Digital and Crypto Assets With Tyrone Ross (IG Live Episode)

Apple Podcasts: Click Here To Listen On Google Podcasts I wouldn’t call this a Crypto and Digital Assets 101 class, but as I’ve begun receiving more questions about cryptocurrency I thought it would be great to bring Tyrone Ross baby (he’s a former AAYB podcast guest on the subject) to discuss the topic—covering some of the basics, along with some…

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Weekly Mixtape For May 17th, 2020

No Week In Review Video This Week–We Were Enjoying The Beautiful Day Yesterday And Have A Photoshoot For Mom’s Store, Roman & Leo, Today. I’ll Be Back Next Week With Your Week In Review Video!! Week In Review Articles The WSJ: Stocks Fall as Fed’s Powell Says Outlook ‘Highly Uncertain’ The WSJ: Nearly Three Million Sought Jobless Benefits Last Week The WSJ: Consumer…

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Weekly Mixtape For May 10th, 2020

Week In Review Articles The WSJ: April Unemployment Rate Rose to a Record 14.7% The WSJ: Stocks Close Higher Despite Grim Jobs Report The WSJ: Why Is the Stock Market Rallying When the Economy Is So Bad? CNBC: US Treasury Seeks To Borrow A Record $3 Trillion This Quarter The WSJ: Some Americans Are Being Turned Away Trying to Buy Life Insurance 20.5 million…

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#RunWithMaud

Yesterday, Wednesday, May 6th 2020, the video of the murder of Ahmaud Arbery auto-played on my Twitter feed, and I have not been able to get it off my mind. If you have not seen it, I don’t encourage you to seek it out–all you need to know is you can see Ahmaud fight for his life, try to run…

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