What I’m Reading

Adam Reading

Fun and Interesting How Apple Music compares to Spotify and others (The Verge) Airbnb and the internet revolution (Stratechery) Nice profile of Onnit founder – Aubrey Marcus (AFM) Robot Origami – Looks like magic (Aeon) Finance No respect for the longest recovery ever? (Bloomberg) The 10 Financial Commandments (Irrelevant Investor) 401k’s are ripe for disruption (Finculture) A review of the All-Season …

Lorillard, Chevron and a Payout

Adam Energy, Investing

Well, our Lorillard journey has come to an end. Too bad, but we did do well playing the vices sector. I regret not buying more. I only ended up with a half position before the stock ran up beyond my buy price. Lorillard shareholders will receive, for each Lorillard share, $50.50 in cash and 0.2909 of a share in RAI …

Asset Class Returns

Adam Investing

I wanted to share an updated version of one of my absolute favorite charts, from our friends over at NovelInvestor. It’s always instructive to get a nice visual reminder of the value of diversification. As you can see, very rarely does the same asset top the charts multiple years in a row and it’s quite common for them to be …

10 Reasons to Start a Garden

Adam Garden

Instead of putting out a new post today, I’m going to direct you over to my friends at The Frugal Farmer, where we collaborated to talk about one my favorite hobbies – gardening. Go check out 10 Reasons to Start a Garden. Hope you enjoy! Still here? If so consider using Tradeking (Special $200 bonus offer) for your next brokerage and …

What I’m Reading

Adam Reading

Fun and Interesting The invention that could revolutionize battery manufacturing (QZ) Biotechs coming to cure cancer (MIT) The life of the superrich sounds exhausting (but amazing) (NYT) Change doesn’t usually come this fast (fivethirtyeight) FBI Agent: CIA could have stopped 9/11 (Newsweek) Technology and the evolution of storytelling (Medium) An Alternative-Medicine Believer’s Journey Back to Science (Wired) Man bikes from …

Building a Pantry

Adam DIY

If you remember our kitchen remodel, the previous owners spent a good chunk of time and money creating a beautiful gathering space. We simply hated the paint and fixed that. The one great flaw was that for some reason there is not a pantry. I’m betting this is largely due to the fact there just isn’t a convenient nook for …