I have led a happily boring life. I have been writing since age 8. My goal is and has been to do fiction but there is more interest in my non-fiction. I have been investing well enough to support my writing habit for the past 15 years without my wife sticking me in a 12 step program. (For my fellow addicts the fees on Direct Stock Purchase [DSP] plans go up and down with the Dow. Discounts to the market for purchasing stock in capital intensive industries tend to equal underwriter profit margins if bought DSP. In flat or declining markets with low or no fees this generates around 23.6% annualized returns from underwriting with dividend yield and capital gains as the cherry on top. Combined with relative undervaluation models to pick takeover targets you too can be among those denounced by presidential candidates for your obscene returns, it make me feel warm and fuzzy.)
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