Central Ave
Pours
Watching the rain come down from Bash Bish Mountain.
Taken on Sunday June 14, 2009 at Bash Bish Falls.Don’t buy commodities these days π’
A lot of advertising is popping up these days urging folks to buy various commodities to fight inflation. Sounds like a dumb idea as commodities are likely already overpriced and at some point in the future will come crashing back down.
While I wish now that I had bought more energy stock years ago, I stayed away from adding more due to the high level of dividend payments. Paying taxes on dividends you reinvest sucks. It’s just money out of your pocket to the tax department every four months that your not seeing until you cash out. My original idea was to hedge against inflation but I feel like it just makes you more vulnerable to the ups and downs of one sector rather than cheaper index funds.
Inflation is a problem it kind of bites. The markets are down although nothing like what they’ve been up the past ten years. A slight dip today shouldn’t take away from long term thinking. It’s sucks to look at your portfolio and think your spinning wheels, with values only increasing slightly over the past year even though the total number of shares actually is getting a boost due to the down markets.
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Camping this Weekend at Betty Brook
Truck cap camping at the upper Betty Brook Campsite outside of Summit in Schoharie County. A nice weekend, but Betty Brook Road South was rough and quite muddy -- which isn't shocking -- but it's always worse then the last time I remembered it.
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A Japanese chemist first synthesized methamphetamine—also called meth, crank, crystal meth or speed—from another stimulant in 1893. Methamphetamine was used early on as a medical treatment for narcolepsy, asthma and as a weight-loss drug. During World War II, the Allies and Axis powers both used the drug to keep troops awake. After the war, meth use increased dramatically, even after it was outlawed by the United States in 1970. Scientists first developed amphetamine-type stimulants—including methamphetamine—as a manmade alternative to the ephedra plant.