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Taking the Plunge

Taking the Plunge

Whenever I think about the financial equation of the tennis court and associated amenities I just had built and question my sanity, I then experience incredible non-financial benefits to lend credence to my decision to do what I did and invest what I have.

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The First Final (and Match) on The Eleven

Gary The Eleven February 10, 2024

In my last post, I unveiled The Eleven, my new tennis court and viewing space. A little less than a week later, Heather and I had our first social gathering to show some of our friends why we have been hermits for the last three years.

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Some Thoughts on Clarity

Clarity

The more I go through life, the more value I place on clarity. And while clarity can often come from an epiphany, it takes a lot of training to put oneself in a position to have such epiphanies. Besides having a lot of life experience to know what has worked and what has not,

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Tennis, Dylan, and a New Year's Day Insight

Tennis, Dylan, and a New Year's Day Insight

Regular readers know that I am a big Bob Dylan fan and have cited him many times over the years to convey essential insights I’m trying to convey. Obviously, I’m not the only one to have leaned on Dylan to help me navigate through life.

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Peek-A-Boo Powell

Peek a Boo Powell

Perhaps Powell’s pivot was highly influenced by having access to the Fed’s favorite inflation indicator, the Personal Consumption Expenditure Index (PCE), well ahead of its official release last Friday. As this headline from the Wall Street Journal shows, the index went into negative territory,

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London Calling with a Little Amsterdam Thrown in

Amsterdam

Last week, I made my annual pilgrimage to London to meet with some of our insurance carriers and prospective ones as well. We have approximately 15 different companies providing us with different layers of coverage. We have a primary layer that covers first losses after deductibles and then secondary/excess layers.

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Our Tennis Paradise: A New Chapter

Gary and Heather Tennis Paradise

Five years ago this week, my late wife Roneet passed away. Since that time, I have written a lot about her and my journey since she left us. From death and despair can also come renewal if we make a concerted effort to grow and evolve and take those who we lost with us deep in our hearts on the next phase of our journey. 

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China Rebalancing: Daunting Math that Will Impact the World

 China Rebalancing: Daunting Math that Will Impact the World

Given China’s importance to the world economy, I wanted to focus this week’s post on some of the challenges China is facing in the short and long term.

China’s Economy

From an investor perspective, there is very little optimism that China’s economy will experience stronger growth after severely disappointing in the wake of its Covid reopening.

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All Eyes on the Consumer

All Eyes on the Consumer GDP

One of the things I’m constantly reminded of from playing tennis is the power of consistency. If you can play each facet of the game reasonably well, you don’t have any glaring weaknesses, and you have the anticipatory skills and speed to have effective court coverage,

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Lucky 36

Novak Djokovic Gary Carmell chai

Last week there were two notable events for me. The first was watching the extraordinary Wimbledon Final between Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz, and the second was my 36th anniversary at CWS.  In Judaism, the number 18 is a lucky number because it is connected to life in Jewish numerology. 

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