Category Archives: Interest and Oddities

“Will do.” “Have a great Trip.”  “Will do. Have fun.”  “So cute.”  “Congratulations.”  “Love it.” These are some of the canned responses you can click on in email to, what, save some time versus a genuine response that take less effort than … Continue reading →

Oooh, isn’t that a teasing headline?   What follows is a lighter version of what I might write for an institutionalized professional audience because on my very personal blog I hope most readers are not institutional investors and will get the … Continue reading →

(This was the result of a writing ‘prompt’ in my writing class, where we were asked to fictionalize a real Christmas encounter.  I won’t tell you which part of this is the real and which is the fictional.  Unless you … Continue reading →

From the Wall Street Journal, Nov 30 2018, under the title, Bond Indexes Bend Under Weight of Treasury Debt: “The Treasury Department projected to run trillion-dollar deficits for the foreseeable future. As issuance increases, funds that use the Bloomberg Barclays … Continue reading →

(I wrote this last year and did a rare thing; shared it with my old friend Luis Curutchet, my muse in may ways, who liked it.  He wanted to know more about Ed and maybe I’ll come up with a … Continue reading →

“Don’t you think?”  “No, I don’t think, and I wish to hell you’d let me handle this. Unless you want to be the captain!” He pushed the tiller towards her, hard into her knee, and let out the sheet. She … Continue reading →

(This is a sample of my professional work…ha ha ha….and appeared on Bloomberg in April 2018.) Get Ready For Deeper, Longer Bear Markets in Stocks: David Ader Baby boomers control most of America’s wealth, but have neither the time nor … Continue reading →

Can we really touch the past?  I think so.  It can hit you like when you visit a place such as Gettysburg or the cemeteries at Normandy and see the names engraved on the markers.  The fallen heroes buried there … Continue reading →

100 years ago today WW1 ended.  When I was a kid and a Civil War Buff I was sorry I hadn’t been aware of the centennial at least so I could think, “Man, the war was fought less than 100 … Continue reading →

(This I wrote in January of 2008, sitting in the basement of a hotel in Iceland having just been released from the hospital in Reykjavik after my heart attack.  It’s a bit crude but was heartfelt and 10 year later, … Continue reading →