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10/28/2026

The latest studies say it costs more than $300k now to raise a child until age 18.

But they don't tell you the return on investment is priceless when you walk out to the bus stop and your son decided to voluntarily wear a fedora for hat day.

Our budget has changed over time as we've had kids. But I can tell you we certainly aren't spending $50k more per year with three kids then we were spending on our own without kids.

Yes, having kids is expensive and requires sacrifices and limitations, but these studies are always wildly misleading.

To me, it's been well worth any financial cost.

10/27/2026

You can create a different narrative around any piece of data.

As an optimist, I take this photo as a sign that the economy is still very strong. People lining up around the local Best Buy store for the weekly Pokemon drop on a Friday morning. My kids do love Pokemon, but on this morning I was just trying to get some printer ink. That's bad timing.

I hit the 6am class at our gym some Friday mornings, and on my way back by 7:15am people are already lining up. The store doesn't open until 10am!

My take on this is the economy is still strong and this signals there is still plenty of discretionary income out there to be spent. In my opinion, people on the verge of imminent economic collapse don't spend their money on Pokemon cards.

On the flip side, the negative perma-bear might take this as an extremely pessimistic sign for the economy.

They might say something like, young people are desperate and have succumbed to the worst form of financial nihilism. They see no hope of ever getting ahead, buying a home and starting a family, so instead they are resorting to trying to flip Pokemon cards for a profit.

It's important to remember there are two sides to a viewpoint, and to always try to ground your decision making in what the data is actually telling you.

At least when it comes to stock market investing, history has favored the optimists over the long term. And right now, I think the actual economic data and earnings reports are giving us plenty of reasons to still be optimistic heading into the end of the year.

10/26/2026

My favorite compliment from my wife.

"I really like that shirt on you."

Because my response is always the same.

Thanks, I got it out of the back of my closet and have had it since high school or college.

High fashion has never been something I spent a lot of money on.

For some people, that's their thing, but for me that's one area I cut heavily on spending, so I can spend more on things like travel or a good meal on a date night.

I bought this jacket 15 years ago when I lived in Spain, and I was still rocking it 15 years later when I took the family back.

10/22/2026

We didn't move in 2018 because we knew home prices and interest rates were going to eventually skyrocket.

We moved because my wife was pregnant with our second baby and we decided we wanted to be in a new home before he arrived.

A home with the same floor plan in our neighborhood just listed and went pending.

The total monthly estimated payment would be 100% higher than when we bought eight years ago.

This isn't a post about young people versus older people and who had it harder.

Every generation has hardships and different opportunities.

It's just a reality of where we are at today.

As a young person I still think the best option is to work hard, master a skill that makes you valuable, live below your means, and figure out a way to invest.

And let's not get confused, sports betting is not investing.

Otherwise inflation is going to leave you in the dust over the long term.

10/21/2026

In 2020 you had to pay the French government for them to hold your money in their 10 year government bonds.

Can you think about the lunacy of that?

Imagine loaning someone money with the promise they are going to pay you back less at the end.

In the movies they usually want to break your kneecaps for that type of behavior.

ZIRP or zero interest rate policy was crazy monetary policy.

Some people want to tell you all bonds are blowing up, in reality they are normalizing and credit quality is getting separated.

French government bonds are still getting whacked because of their fiscal situation. The CCC rated junk bonds and the weakest AI players have been crushed recently.

That's the market working to sort out winners and losers.

And the yields on US treasury bonds have actually been pulling back in a bit in the last few weeks as you've seen a continued sell off in some of these weaker areas of the bond market.

Even with two hot inflation reports and the war showing no signs of slowing down, bond yields in the US have actually fallen the last two weeks.

10/20/2026

My son is old enough that he is recognizing just how nasty the political adds are now.

"Dad...why would you want to vote for either of those people based on what they say about them?"

And during our fall meetings, I've been getting client questions about the impact of the mid-term elections on markets.

But I keep looking back and sharing this statistic which I was sharing with clients when we started our firm back in 2022.

Then it was 18 out of 18.

Now it's 19 out of 19 and it's still is hard to wrap my head around.

Since 1950, the S&P 500 has been positive each time one year following the the mid-term elections.

As we have to say in investing, past performance is no guarantee of future results, but 19 out of 19 is a pretty good track record.

10/16/2026

Brewers fans are lucky he did not have an advisor that understood the healthcare exchange, premium tax credits, and COBRA insurance.

Yes, our health insurance system is dysfunctional.

But there are definitely options out there other than employer sponsored health insurance.

Health insurance is a big expense that keeps many people from retiring early or starting a business.

The system is complex and complicated, but there are options available and good planning can save you thousands of dollars a year in premiums.

Either way, the Brewers are happy their playoff hero decided to stick it out to keep his health insurance.

My guess is after his performance this year, he won't need to worry about the expense of health insurance anymore.

10/15/2026

If we tell our kids to clean the playroom, they come back a few minutes later and tell us they did it.

But I've learned that means with no supervision, we're probably going to walk in and find that it still looks like a tornado went through there.

That's what's really interesting to me about what the TSMC CEO said on the earnings call this morning.

"We are now going one step further and sending our own teams of people to check on the data center build-out progress and power supply situation in the U.S."

With the skepticism building around AI, Taiwan Semiconductor, the primary manufacturer and chokepoint of chips used in the AI buildout, is sending boots on the ground before agreeing to invest in additional capacity.

Of course, there is no way to perfectly forecast that demand will hold up, but for now they are still giving every indication that demand is far outpacing current supply.

This also reminds me of the scene from the Big Short, where they send a team to Florida and realize the newly built houses with jumbo mortgages are sitting vacant.

It was an "oh s@!t moment."

In this case though, the TSMC teams are reporting the projects are on track and the demand is there. They aren't just taking the word of the companies requesting additional capacity.

We never no what the future holds, but this should be comforting news to investors with the recent volatility in AI related stocks.

For now there is no indication in the earnings reports of TSMC today or ASML yesterday of any slowdown in AI demand.

And these are two of the most critical companies in the AI manufacturing supply chain.

**This post is for informational purposes only and is not intended to be investment advice. Investing involves risk, past performance is no guarantee of future results.

10/13/2026

We took a field trip to see friends in DC yesterday while the boys had off school.

Made it to the National Air and Space Museum in the morning, then over to campus to watch the soccer game and stopped by to see where I went to business school at Kogod.

Back in the saddle this morning and watching the start of earnings season.

Several of the big banks reported this morning, and we're still seeing the same trend in consumer spending.

While consumer sentiment remains at historic lows, actual consumer spending remains strong.

There's a huge disconnect with how people say they are feeling and how they are actually showing up to spend.

To me, the earnings this morning suggest one of two major legs of the bull market remains intact.

The second leg, AI capital spending, we will get more information about as the hyperscalers report in the next few weeks.

However, consumer spending is still 65-70% of the economy, so to me it remains the most important piece.

AI capital spending is projected around $1 trillion next year, but consumer spending is roughly $17 trillion and still dwarfs spending on AI.

And if we're trying to determine whether the bull market still has legs, I think the health of the American consumer remains the most important piece of the puzzle.

Right now, what consumers are doing continues to tell a much better story then how they are feeling or what they are saying.

Earnings this morning are reinforcing that story.

10/08/2026

Is $100K, $250K, $500K, or $1 million enough income?

Tell me what you spend.

Is a $1M, $2M, $5M, or $10M portfolio enough to retire?

Tell me what you spend.

Trying to figure out how much income you need or how large your portfolio should be is nearly impossible until you understand what your lifestyle actually costs.

Without that understanding, you're taking a shot in the dark.

You could be overspending and undersaving, sacrificing your future to maintain your lifestyle today.

Or you could be oversaving and underspending, sacrificing opportunities to enjoy your life today for a future that's already well funded.

Both are different risks, but either way, there's a big cost to not knowing.

Before you ask how much is enough, you have to figure out how much you actually need.

And that starts with understanding what you spend.

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