Author: Jeff Carter
Substack Blog`
This post is by Jeff Carter from Points and Figures I have been intrigued by Substack ever since I heard about it. I have blogged here on this WordPress sight for a long time. I have messed with creating content at Medium and LinkedIn. Never saw the advantage to it. A long time ago, I…
Leading From Fear
This post is by Jeff Carter from Points and Figures Worth dissecting where we are with Covid. Instead of watching the television, or listening to blowhard politicians, it is best to look at data and statistics. Unfortunately, most people do not understand stats. Most of the stats you see in the news are manipulated in…
America Needs Transparency
This post is by Jeff Carter from Points and Figures Biden was slated to meet with governors about Afghanistan refugees at 3:00pm. That is now cancelled. — Philip Melanchthon Wegmann (@PhilipWegmann) August 26, 2021 I have resisted all the chatter about the mental and cognitive abilities of President Joe Biden. I have read where he…
Learning From Mistakes, And People
This post is by Jeff Carter from Points and Figures 1/We’re thrilled to share the news that @Riskalyze has been recapitalized by @HgCapital, one of the world’s leading software investors with $37B under management. This is a huge step forward for the Fearless Investing Movement. https://t.co/yOVEbmDDqP — Aaron Klein (@AaronKlein) August 25, 2021 Aaron announced…
The Last Investment
This post is by Jeff Carter from Points and Figures The little seed fund we started back in November of 2016 has reached the end of its investment period. We just closed our last investment. The fund is closed to any new investments and we aren’t raising another fund. So far, we have had some…
Learning New Things
This post is by Jeff Carter from Points and Figures Everyone tells you to be a lifelong learner. Few of us really do it. We fall into habits, reject new information and bray against new processes because it disrupts our habits and confirmation biases. “That’s the way we always have done it.” Common refrain. Another…
The Bull Is Broken
This post is by Jeff Carter from Points and Figures Over the last five to seven years, I consistently have seen articles talking about the end of the bull stock market. My favorite Permabull is Tim Knight of Slope of Hope. The stock market has continuously hit new highs. The Federal Reserve’s easy money policy…
The Winners Write History
This post is by Jeff Carter from Points and Figures I remember after 9/11, there was a fervor across America to make the bad guys pay. It took until 2003, but President Bush was going to make the bad guys pay. The bad guys were in Afghanistan and Iraq. Remember the hearings at the UN? …
Pulling The Football Away
This post is by Jeff Carter from Points and Figures For the younger crowd that might read this, they might not understand “pulling the football away” so here is where that phrase comes from. The US Treasury, the Biden Administration, and the Congress (Democratic-led don’t forget) just played Lucy to the cryptocurrency industry. Fred Wilson…
Pure Political Power Versus Safety
This post is by Jeff Carter from Points and Figures As the bloated infrastructure bill makes its way through the US Senate, a donnybrook has ignited about regulation on cryptocurrency. The initial bill had an amendment that was agreed on by everyone, or so the world thought. Then uber-Washington Machine politician Democratic Senator Mark Warner…