The Ants & the Grasshopper

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This is an unalter to make more pAEsop fable has not been changed to be more "progressive". I think that unaltered AEsop has become even more important in today's education.

One bright day in late autumn a family of Ants were bustling about in the warm sunshine, drying out the grain they had stored up during the summer, when a starving Grasshopper, his fiddle under his arm, came up and humbly begged for a bite to eat.

"What!" cried the Ants in surprise, "haven't you stored anything away for the winter? What in the world were you doing all last summer?"

"I didn't have time to store up any food," whined the Grasshopper; "I was so busy making music that before I knew it the summer was gone."

The Ants shrugged their shoulders in disgust.

"Making music, were you?" they cried. "Very well; now dance!" And they turned their backs on the Grasshopper and went on with their work.

There's a time for work and a time for play.

RIP Suzy Kat

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Suzy Kat

My cat Suzy Kat passed away today. She was very ill. She was one of the most sweetest, and loyal cats. Also as a tipical cat, she did not like to be denighed.

RIP Suzy Kat

The Blind Men and the Elephant

I learned this story in grade school. There are times I think it should be taught even more in the echo chamber of the Internet.

A folk tale from India that teaches intercultural awareness by illustrating how different perspectives lead to distinct points of view.

Long ago six old men lived in a village in India. Each was born blind. The other villagers loved the old men and kept them away from harm. Since the blind men could not see the world for themselves, they had to imagine many of its wonders. They listened carefully to the stories told by travelers to learn what they could about life outside the village.

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2020 in Exercise

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In the tradition of last year, I decide run a report of what I have done as a year in exercise.

2020 Activities

Activity Type

Activities

Total Distance

Average Distance

Max Distance

Total Activity Time

Total Elev Gain

Average Speed

Average Heart Rate

Cycling

39

1,135.58 mi

29.12 mi

63.77 mi

122:11:45 h:m:s

40,545 ft

9.3 mph

111 bpm

Gym & Fitness Equipment

140

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39:55:55 h:m:s

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88 bpm

Hiking

18

82.33 mi

4.57 mi

10.08 mi

50:24:51 h:m:s

21,588 ft

1.6 mph

103 bpm

Other

69

657.55 mi

9.53 mi

25.67 mi

193:19:11 h:m:s

5,951 ft

3.4 mph

81 bpm

Running

213

1,278.05 mi

6.00 mi

14.68 mi

266:30:08 h:m:s

74,226 ft

4.8 mph

131 bpm

Swimming

2

0.75 mi

0.37 mi

0.43 mi

31:35 h:m:s

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1.4 mph

118 bpm

Walking

484

515.01 mi

1.06 mi

8.36 mi

193:24:20 h:m:s

33,900 ft

2.7 mph

100 bpm

Merry Christmas 2020

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In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be enrolled. This was the first enrollment, when Quirin′i-us was governor of Syria. And all went to be enrolled, each to his own city. And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the city of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David, to be enrolled with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child. And while they were there,In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be enrolled. 2 This was the first enrollment, when Quirin′i-us was governor of Syria. 3 And all went to be enrolled, each to his own city. 4 And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the city of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David, 5 to be enrolled with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child. 6 And while they were there, the time came for her to be delivered. 7 And she gave birth to her first-born[a] son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths, and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.

—Luke 2:1-7

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Care Givers

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I forget where I found this, but it is true. Being a care giver and taking care of your parents, in society you are concidered wierd.

This quote is true.

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2020 Dow Strategies

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2020 has been an interesting year. Over the years, I have become a fan of stock picking in the Peter Lynch view: Good companies with good management that you understand. However, it requires time and awareness. I am also getting to the age where I need to be more conservative with my money and savings.

I have been gravitating towards Dog of Dow in my Roths in my fight not to use ETFs. Check once a year, rebalance, forget till next year. Mostly safe.

In this post, I am going to compare, in a reproducible way. VFINX will be the proxy for the market benchmark.

What I am going to look at is:

  • Dogs of Dow
    • After the stock market closes on the last day of the year, of the 30 stocks that make up the Dow Jones Industrial Average, select the ten stocks which have the highest dividend yield
  • Small Dogs of Dow
    • Five lowest priced Dogs of Dow
  • Mad Dogs of the Dow
    • After the stock market closes on the last day of the year, of the 30 stocks that make up the Dow Jones Industrial Average, select the ten stocks which have the highest shareholders yield
  • Dobermans Of The Dow
    • Rank Dow constituents by Return on Equity (ROE), keeping the top 20.
    • Rank remaining names by Free Cash Flow Yield, keeping the top 10.

All offer a subset of the Dow Industrial. What is different is how you subset then sort.

Yes, I know they all offer returns. I just like to verify and show how I came to my results.

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