TWO OLD BUCKS

Send us Fan Mail Del follows up on semiconductor chip equipment makers. AMSL in the Netherlands makes the best and the brightest. Note: we are not giving investment advice here. Or anywhere. Del looks for a Tesla in a used car lot and wonders how long the car will last before it gets thrown in the battery recycling bin. The answer: A LONG TIME. Del has a new favorite ice cream-Mayfield Farms- that is seriously impeding his waist reduction efforts. Time Mag named it the wo...

Send us Fan Mail Latest updates from family and friends in Ukraine, Lithuania, Russia. Del provides an interesting solution that would allow NATO troops into Ukraine. Dave discusses the mini-series Years and Years that he saw a few years ago on HBO. In this study of a fictional Manchester family from 2019 to 2034, world events include a Russian invasion of Ukraine and US Pres. Trump nuking a Chinese island. Scary prescient. Dave discovers that Whole Foods now has four categories ...

Send us Fan Mail Ukraine update ~3 million have left, thousands killed. Bucks would like to thank David Kotok for the link to New Yorker journalist Masha Gessen’s 2017 interview on Vladimir Putin. Scary how prescient this analysis was. ~2 hours long; can listen to ~20 minutes to get the drift. Video is the property of PBS Frontline. Mr Kotok is chairman of Cumberland Advisors. Full disclosure: Neither Dave nor Del has any money invested with Cumberland Advisors. Here’s the link to the video. ...

Send us Fan Mail [note the recording date as March 7, 2022] We want to thank people for their donations to and kind words for the people of Ukraine. The response has been heartening and the personal stories some of you included were touching. Over 1.5 million people have left Ukraine so far,, ~5% of the population. A loyal listener from Canada pointed out that there are more Ukrainians in Canada than USA =1.4M v 1M in US. Canada has opened its borders for the ukrainian...

Send us Fan Mail In this special episode, we depart from our normal non-political stance to discuss the situation in Ukraine. As this tragedy plays out, we all feel powerless to do anything. But we can do little things that will help. If you want to help, consider supporting one or more of the following organizations listed in this Washington Post article. Organizations include, CARE, Doctors Without Borders, GlobalGiving, Project Hope, Save the Children and more. Learn mor...