While the ARK funds have a history of boom and bust over the last 5 years, I always enjoy their yearly Big Ideas report. When I found out about their Venture Fund, I checked out the private holdings. Clearly they are well connected as they have big investments in SpaceX, xAL, Neuralink, OpenAI, Anthropic, Perplexity,…

From Wikipedia an Aug 28, while federally illegal In the United States, cannabis is legal in 40 of 50 states for medical use (blue and green) and 24 states for recreational use (blue). I have been in and out of cannabis stocks Trulieve $TRNNF and Cresco Labs $CRLBF over the last few years during the boom and bust of…

I’m 58 and I don’t go to the doctor. My wife has me reading health books ‘Younger Next Year’ and ‘Outlive’. Basically they are books about getting exercise and getting tested for stuff. So I got my first round of tests and boom HIGH CHOLESTEROL. That wasn’t really a huge surprise. I don’t want to…

From the CME FedWatch Tool on Aug 28, the probability of a fed funds interest cut at the next fed meeting on Sept 17 is up to 87.2% which is an almost certainty that they cut .25%. This helps explain the continued strength in the equity market as the S&P hit an all time highs…

Working on a self-guided hiking trip to Patagonia with SWOOP Patagonia in March 2027 which seems to be the best time for limited crowds and optimal weather. We will use SWOOP Patagonia to book Refugios as well as transportation into and out of the park. Prior to the W Trek we plan to add hiking…

Checking Coinbase $COIN for my first buys of $BTC and $ETH. I first bought $BTC in June 2014 and $ETH in August 2017. Although I also recall buying $ETH prior to 2017 on Bitstamp (now owned by Robinhood) and transferring to Coinbase in 2018. Bitcoin is often referred to as Digital Gold and $ETH as…

Different than the maybe more common Inca Trail, the 7 day Salkantey Trek through the Salkantey Pass 15,190ft to Machu Picchu through mountainlodgesofperu.com was incredible. Can’t recommend this enough. The guides, lodges and meals were fantastic. They have mules that take your bags from lodge to lodge. Make sure to connect with a Travel Clinic…

Everything changed when OpenAI launched ChatGPT on November 30, 2022. The race for Artificial Intelligence exploded – more on investing in that theme later. While crypto mining first started the advanced discussion of access to power for computing, the rapid buildout of AI data centers exposed a huge need for more POWER. On May 23,…

Thanks to Fidelity for the 100 share allocation of $CRCL at $31. After numerous requests for IPO allocations over the last number of years, was very surprised to see the allocation. Bonus was selling a covered call at $300 strike price for $12. Thought it would eventually get called when the price hit $298. Eventually…