Taxes are the bane of my existence and one of my pet projects is to use AI and build a tax optimization tool to lower or eliminate most of my taxes. As a starting point, I asked google’s gemini to build me a spreadsheet as a starting point. The first thing I wanted to do…
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Money Perspectives: работа (rabota) and труд (trud)
I had intended on starting a series on money perspectives from different cultures. I wrote a post here and here to get started then I had so many other topics and then AI came into the picture that I had forgotten all about it until I came across an interesting Reddit post on retirement dysfunction….
The Schengen Shuffle
I had hoped to retire by now but the current global situation has me continuing to work. There is no point in retiring if the world doesn’t have fuel to fly planes, trains or automobiles. I don’t want to retire and just sit at home. The whole point of retiring is to travel and explore…
Investing For Oil Chaos
The Iran conflict is now stretching onto day 76 and alarming news about various countries around the world running out of fuels, I decided to ask AI how to invest in oil chaos. AI: Oil Chaos Investing If you assume a prolonged Strait of Hormuz closure plus actual refinery feedstock depletion (“tank bottoms” getting drained),…
Is This Fair Or Cheating?
One of my pet peeves in life is people over charging for information. The trade-off is usually, you’ll get info for “free” but you have to watch advertisements or you won’t have to watch ads but you’ll have to pay for the information. These two models are what sustains most of the Internet and media…
New App: Options Flow Dashboards
Necessity is the mother of invention. My AI built apps are working great making me a ton of money but that doesn’t mean there isn’t room for improvement. A key issue I have right now with options is trade execution. Sometimes the issue is bid/ask mismatch but I think most of the time it is…
Everyone’s Talking About S&P500 “Enshitification”
Michael Green has a recent article entitled “There is no joy in Mudsville” which is a must read. I’ve seen numerous CNBC personalities, YouTubers and others talk about the recent decision to allow non-profitable companies into the S&P 500. There are other rule changes that add concern as well. Personally, I’ve been investing in RSP…
AI Ecosystem: Compute→RAM/Storage→Power?
The chip makers like NVDIA and TSM seem to be running out of steam. They are still growing but the rage is now all on RAM and Storage with companies like Micron growing 400% in months. This got me thinking about the whole AI ecosystem and what might come next. Rather than spend hours of…
EWZ & TLT For May
On the heels of a stellar return for April, I thought it might be a good idea to sneak peak what I’m investing in for May via covered calls and how I earn those monthly returns. TLT I continue to hold TLT and sell calls on my holdings. On my two primary accounts I have…
Interesting Activity On TLT
After work, people like to wind down with TV or perhaps a walk or maybe some gardening but I like to look at options data and last night I came across something interesting on TLT. TLT is an ETF that tracks the long duration 20 year bond. So first let’s look at the data snapshot….