{"id":35136,"date":"2016-07-01T18:18:30","date_gmt":"2016-07-01T22:18:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/?p=35136"},"modified":"2016-07-01T18:18:30","modified_gmt":"2016-07-01T22:18:30","slug":"i-got-something-right-finally-and-i-found-some-ways-to-relax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/?p=35136","title":{"rendered":"I got something right, finally. And I found some ways to relax."},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Remember this from last Friday morning?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/BuyBuyBUy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-35137\" src=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/BuyBuyBUy.jpg\" alt=\"BuyBuyBUy\" width=\"600\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/BuyBuyBUy.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/BuyBuyBUy-300x110.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I actually took my own advice and made a few shekels on my buys, including my most simple &#8212; SPY, the simplest ETF on the S&amp;P 500.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">My Friday BUY. BUY. BUY was a day early. It crashed on the Monday, but then came back.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/SPYReturn.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-35141\" src=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/SPYReturn.jpg\" alt=\"SPYReturn\" width=\"644\" height=\"351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/SPYReturn.jpg 644w, https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/SPYReturn-300x163.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 644px) 100vw, 644px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">By Friday afternoon &#8212; after the close of business &#8212; it came back and Brexit had &#8220;disappeared.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Maybe.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">What I didn&#8217;t predict &#8212; what&#8217;s happening to interest rates. They&#8217;re still falling. Look at the same ten days:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/TLTTenDays.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-35143\" src=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/TLTTenDays.jpg\" alt=\"TLTTenDays\" width=\"642\" height=\"343\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/TLTTenDays.jpg 642w, https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/TLTTenDays-300x160.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 642px) 100vw, 642px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">And I didn&#8217;t predict what happened to the pound sterling and its huge drop. It hasn&#8217;t come back.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/PoundSterling.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-35146\" src=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/PoundSterling.jpg\" alt=\"PoundSterling\" width=\"687\" height=\"441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/PoundSterling.jpg 687w, https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/PoundSterling-300x192.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 687px) 100vw, 687px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Billionaire James Simon is a great money manager, one of the best. <\/strong><\/span>He makes some salient points on the upcoming election, including his belief that we should be investing in infrastructure. &#8220;We haven&#8217;t built a new airport in twenty years.&#8221; Interest rates are low. Best time to borrow to build new infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/JamesSimor.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-35148\" src=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/JamesSimor.jpg\" alt=\"JamesSimor\" width=\"523\" height=\"293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/JamesSimor.jpg 523w, https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/JamesSimor-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 523px) 100vw, 523px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0For the short video and some of his words, click <a title=\"James Simon talks 2016 presidential race and the need for new infrastructure\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2016\/06\/30\/billionaire-clinton-supporter-says-trump-is-not-a-good-investment.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>here.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Old people &#8220;jokes&#8221; are getting stupider and stupider.<\/strong><\/span> But, increasingly I think they&#8217;re funny. Oih,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-35138\" src=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/OneGrandchild.png\" alt=\"OneGrandchild\" width=\"350\" height=\"255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/OneGrandchild.png 350w, https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/OneGrandchild-300x218.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Wimbledon is on ESPN and The Tennis Channel.<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">To me what they do is inspirational. The last couple of days I&#8217;ve been playing my best tennis ever. Thank you Wimbledon and thank you Roger.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/HarryNewton.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-21218\" src=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/HarryNewton.jpg\" alt=\"HarryNewton\" width=\"200\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/HarryNewton.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/HarryNewton-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nHarry Newton who&#8217;s eyeing a new company that needs a few pieces to make it a great company. But where to find them?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Meantime, perhaps there are projects other than residential and commercial real estate that can be syndicated? How about solar and wind?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">My son-in-law gave me a new short book for my birthday. It&#8217;s called TRIBE &#8212; ON Homecoming and Belonging &#8212; by Sebastian Junger, who wrote The Perfect Storm.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Tibe-image.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-35152\" src=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Tibe-image.jpg\" alt=\"Tibe-image\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Tibe-image.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Tibe-image-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">It&#8217;s great weekend read. The book is a super relaxer, questioning many of our assumptions about wealth and happiness.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Have a great July 4.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){\n  (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),\n  m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)\n  })(window,document,'script','\/\/www.google-analytics.com\/analytics.js','ga');\n\n  ga('create', 'UA-45200733-1', 'technologyinvestor.com');\n  ga('send', 'pageview');\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Remember this from last Friday morning? I actually took my own advice and made a few shekels on my buys, including my most simple &#8212; SPY, the simplest ETF on the S&amp;P 500. My Friday BUY. BUY. BUY was a day early. It crashed on the Monday, but then came back. 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