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<\/p>\nThis is a two year chart of two fintechs — PayPal and Square — versus three traditional banks — JPMorgan, Citigroup, and Goldman Sachs. Not surprisingly, PayPal and Square have done much better.<\/p>\n
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I am a customers of all five, except Square which I watch with my friends, some local shopkeepers, who are Square customers.<\/p>\n
I don’t understand how anyone can run JPM, C or GS and be so uncreative. If you work for one of them, send me an email and I’ll lay out twenty new services you should offer. I have emailed you, but you don’t respond. Yuch.<\/p>\n
Look at the chart. The two best performers are PayPal and Square. Surprise, surprise.<\/p>\n
I do not own any shares in JPM, C, or GS. But I own lots of PayPal and Square.<\/p>\n
I wish all investing were this obvious.<\/p>\n
Email <\/strong><\/span>sloppiness<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n For God’s sake, if you don’t respond quickly to your emails, you don’t deserve to be in business.<\/p>\n And while you’re at it… it’s a good idea to respond to all the points of the email. Like point one. Point two, etc.<\/p>\n It would be wonderful if your company website had a general email address which your customers could contact for “issues.”<\/p>\n Maybe your president should read some of the emails?<\/p>\n More on emergency generators<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n My friend Bruce reminds us:<\/p>\n + <\/strong>Check your propane tank regulator regularly.\u00a0 It WILL leak at some point and $1400 worth of propane will be gone in a week.\u00a0 Ask me how I know.<\/p>\n +\u00a0“Maintenance free” batteries are not.\u00a0 The caps can be pried off to add distilled water.\u00a0 Keep a lithium car starter handy anyway.\u00a0 (Like this one: bit.ly\/3r6yC5N<\/a><\/p>\n + Do you have the manual handy for when you need to get into the menus?\u00a0 And will it auto report problems to your service company?<\/p>\n + I found that the WiFi or even a HomePlug outside was unreliable. I ran an Ethernet cable and now it’s 100%.<\/p>\n +\u00a0Engines burn oil.\u00a0 A Generac will burn up to a quart a DAY.\u00a0 Shut it down and check the oil at LEAST every other day and have a case of the correct oil on hand.\u00a0\u00a0During Hurricane Irma our 48KW Kohler ran like a champ for the 9 days we needed it and only burned 2 quarts.\u00a0 Our neighbors with Generacs were scrambling for oil.<\/p>\n If you missed yesterday’s piece on Generac and its emergency generators, click here.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n
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