One Year! - Smile If You Dare

It’s been a year since last year, and we have all survived. Smile If You Dare is one year old.

Here are some posts I still enjoy and find resonate with me. I think you will agree.

Can one prepare for the future? Doesn’t history repeat itself? Or at least rhyme? (Sometimes also known as: A Stopped Clock Is Right Twice A Day.) See: A Bear Market Is Coming!

Is it hopeless? It is impossible to save enough money for retirement. In my view, you cannot *Save* your way into retirement. The secret is to Save enough to be able to **Invest.**

Admonishing young people to save for retirement is counter-productive. There is a better way. Why Young People Ignore The “Saving For Retirement” Message. And What To Do About It and If You Are In Your Twenties, Do Not Save For Retirement

Change one’s attitude and change one’s life: Get Off The Consumption Train! and Fear And Overcoming It and Can You Help This World?

Gretna Green, Carlisle, Scotland — Gretna Green, Scotland. Gretna Green was the first village located in Scotland on the old coach route between London and Edinburgh. Due to Lord Hardwicke’s Marriage Act of 1754, marriage before the age of 21 was only permitted with parental consent in England and Wales, so young couples began to elope ‘over the border’ to Gretna Green in Scotland, where marriage was legal at 16 years of age. This is where the innkeeper John Linton managed the “Marriage Shop.”

Adventures in Social Security from someone who is there: How To Apply For Social Security Benefits

All about (and more than you wanted to know about, but you really need to know about) Required Minimum Distributions (RMDs) in two parts. Are You Ready? Required Minimum Distribution Follies (Part 1) and Are You Ready? Required Minimum Distribution Follies (Part 2) and The Safe Withdrawal Rate has the details. These have a few surprises.

Retirement and adjusting to it has been a topic of several posts. It certainly has taken some adjustment for me. Did I Retire or Did I Just Stop Working? and Being Retired Is Like Marriage, It Is An Acquired Taste .

When things change, so do companies. Over time, some companies and industries suffer and decline, others will prosper. Is it time to make major changes in your portfolio? Recent trends to consider: Is It Time To Sell Oil Stocks? and Does The Private Automobile Have A Future? and How to Avoid Being Trapped in Declining Industries when Dividend Investing.

World events do play a part. I get to pontificate and speculate on the state of the world. Tax Consequences of Brexit for U.S. Investors; The Berlin Wall is So Over; and Why Would Kim Jong Un want to eliminate his half brother Kim Jong Nam?

Boats on the lake Lille Lungegårdsvann in the center of the National Fair in Bergen, Norway. 1928.

I never wanted to avoid expressing my attitude and opinions about some things. Do You Care what your Boss Thinks of You? What a Waste of Time! and The Law of Supply and Demand is a Lie.

Never let it be said I don’t have a sense of humor. As an example: There is No Super, Or Very Little.

Do you have a favorite Smile If You Dare post? Did any ruffle your feathers? Let me know. See Contact page how to let me know your thoughts.

The 1918 photograph of the World War I aircraft is from Deseronto Archives, Ontario, Canada.

The illustration of Gretna Green, Scotland, is from the National Library of Scotland.

The photograph of boats on the lake Lille Lungegårdsvann in the center of the National Fair in Bergen, Norway, 1928, is from a postcard, photographer Knud Knudsen. Courtesy Bergen Public Library, Norway.

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