It has been a while since I have posted. It is only due to my recent travels. I spent a month in the Philippines and had a great time, even an adventure if you allow.
I stayed in touch with the various goings on back stateside and to my pleasure, not much changed. The same old TACO, false national statistics and news spin continued unabated due to my absence. Of course, the question “if a tree falls and no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound?” arises. But in this case, me being out of the country didn't have much effect. I still heard it anyhow.
My current focus is tying up loose ends left to wait while traveling and then back to the grind as it were.
I hope to update all on any tax changes but right now, the likelihood of anything significant seems low with congress preoccupied with martinis. Yes, travel can invigorate and bring new vistas but I solidly remain a curmudgeon. At least when it comes to the broad economic picture. It has become a bit of a quantum particle that keeps changing its position until you look at it and it seems to freeze in time and space. Oh brother, too heady for this blog.
The economic conditions largely depend on which part of the “K” you reside. Those is stocks seem pretty happy while those in overalls seem to be suffering. Has it ever been different? Yes, I think it has but I now question if that opinion is a little delusional. I live somewhere in the middle if that “K” and I see a bit of both worlds as a result. But it must be acknowledged that I do not feel safe from the degradation of the real economy not from AI making my accounting work a distant memory. AI is having a serious influence like a big moon pulling on the tides or flows of money. The day will come, or so I imagine, that good companies providing real products with be on sale and I hope to buy a few bargains. Money is a great companion when pondering the universe, or universal income for that matter.
I have returned with some new found humility knowing I cannot change much in this vast world we live in. But I can have some effect on my local existence. So again, I chant go local. Local is where you find yourself so at least take a look to see where you are. If in the right place at the right time, you have arrived in a good place and that is always where one should try to be. If on the other hand you discover that you are in the wrong place no matter the time, then do your best to change your location. Where to be in the seemingly inevitable collapse coming depends largely on the steady state of the nation you are in. If law and order persist, you have a good shot at eating another breakfast. If not, all the gold, silver, bitcoin or stocks in an account won't be of much help. Yes, as I said, I remain a curmudgeon.
OK, more to come as I get my feet back in the local mud.
Best,
Donn Marier
DM=Your Own CFO