Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Thank you for reading The Best Interest​

And listening to my podcast, Personal Finance for Long-Term Investors​

Fun Irish Stuff... ☘️

Kelly and I (left) met up with my brother (r), who lives in Cork, Ireland, in 2024 for a trip around the Emerald Isle. Wonderful memories.

Below is a fun article about this picture taken atop Skellig Michael, a lonely island 12 miles out to sea, where some 6th-century monks built a monastery.

​Lifestyles of the Monks and Irish​

Boudica... ☘️🗡️

I promise:

I will not make a habit of spamming you with my Irish musical tastes. But Enya - so good. I wasn't a fan when Mom played her at home in 1999. Sorry Mom! But my taste has matured.

Not only is Enya Irish herself, but the subject of this song (Boudica) was a famous Celtic warrior queen, cut down by the dastardly Romans in Britannia in ~60AD.

Enya's song about Boudica popped on my Spotify last night for the 100th time. It's a banger.

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And if you're thinking..."Hey, I know that song." ...you probably do. Those other artists are paying Enya plenty of royalties for sampling this track in their music.

More from the blog...

Speaking of St. Patty's Day...anyone out there eating some traditional soda bread today?

Just four ingredients: flour, buttermilk, baking soda, and salt. (no yeast!)

I saw an overly-complicated portfolio last week, and thought,

"You know...we just need a few basic ingredients in the right proportions. Why are we making this complex?"

​Flour, Water, Stocks, and Bonds​

On the podcast...

Episode 133 features the wonderful investing philosophies of Rubin Miller.

We covered...

• The industry of advice vs. fund management
• Active portfolios w/passive investment philosophies
• Lump sum investing is financially optimal, but we rarely do it
• Dimensional, Avantis, Vanguard, Capital group
• Why being a factor investor is alluring in theory but hard in reality
• Why chess players probably don't make great investors
• Hiring a smaller advisory firm vs. bigger advisory firm

​Good Investors Stay Seated (Especially When It's Scary) | E133​

Weekly Top 3 - Other Content You Can't Miss

• ⛽️ From Nate Silver: are gas prices about to "go vertical?!"
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• 😳 From Bloomberg: on the current fear in private credit​
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• 🏎️ From The Atlantic: are global events simply happening too quickly?

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Until next week,

Jesse