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[Daily] 2020/11/3

Posted on November 4, 2020November 4, 2020 by admin

Thank You Jesus for a blessed day- Got some work done- Lot of email but that is fine. All part of working haha- Markets went up, which surprised me. I sold what I can- Today is the big day- Let’s see what happens- Well, I saw what happened until late Continue Reading

[Investing] 2020/11/2

Posted on November 3, 2020November 3, 2020 by admin

Wow…a pleasant surprise. Markets were up- I sold more. I bought some heavily punished gold miners last week and I exited them today. Small profit but thankful- Hmm…what is going on? Is not the election chaos baked into the market? Or…may be or…it won’t be that bad- The only way Continue Reading

Daily [2020/11/1]

Posted on November 3, 2020November 3, 2020 by admin

Thank You Jesus for another blessed day- Sundays are always good- Online worship- Praise the Lord- Delicious lunch- And work- I wish I could rest on Sundays but I am thankful that I can still spend good time with my family. My son also got a new toy so he Continue Reading

[Investing] NAREIT OUTLOOK REPORT: What’s Next for Real Estate?

Posted on November 2, 2020November 2, 2020 by admin

Just read NAREIT’s outlook of real estate. So here are the outlooks and my thoughts- Data Centers have long term potential- Indeed. But it is priced too perfection. Unless we have a big drop after the elections, I am not buying them Of course, if you are a family office Continue Reading

[DAILY] 10/31/2020

Posted on November 1, 2020November 1, 2020 by admin

Last day of October- Wow- time went by fast- Almost end of 2020- Very thankful for another blessed day- Woke up. Got some work done. Played with my son- Had a nice lunch- Had an argument with wife but we got things figured out. Thank You Lord for the love Continue Reading

[Investing] Case for Investing in REITs

Posted on November 1, 2020November 1, 2020 by admin

Twitter and Facebook suggested me this interview from NAREIT about investing in REITs. The basic investment thesis is that REITs are quite undervalued and offer good potential returns- It has done in many cycles including 9/11 and 2008 financial crisis. Active management and selecting good properties with a framework of Continue Reading

[Research] Hal Varian’s Experiment about Google

Posted on November 1, 2020November 1, 2020 by admin

Today, I would like to review some of the clever experiments that I liked. One experiment is straightforward and super effective. Hal Varian, chief economist of Google, designed an experiment where students were randomly assigned to do research on a topic. One group used Google and the group used library Continue Reading

[Education] Political Bias in Wikipedia

Posted on November 1, 2020November 1, 2020 by admin

I always suspected that there was some political bias in Wikipedia. Well, I guess I was not wrong- Indeed, there is some left leaning bias in Wikipedia. Am I surprised? Nope- Wikipedia is lead by people and people have biases. So I am not surprised. Am I worried? A bit. Continue Reading

[Daily] 2020/10/30

Posted on October 31, 2020October 31, 2020 by admin

Thank You Jesus for another blessed day- Got some work done- Actually, a bit more than I expected 😀 Nothing much with the market- Expecting more craziness next week- Good time with family- Then more work- I cleaned up so photos and old files, which brought me back good old Continue Reading

[Daily] Organizing and Cleaning Pictures

Posted on October 31, 2020October 31, 2020 by admin

Today is Friday- Yay- Got some work done and now, I am organizing and cleaning the pictures that I took for many years- Thanks to the smartphone, I take a lot of pictures- And despite the advances in technology many of my photos are not good 🙁 Yup, that is Continue Reading