Succinct Summations for the week ending September 23rd 2016:

Wednesday was the final session of Oakland University's CFP mentor program that has been ongoing since May.  The last exam, like the two before it, was extraordinarily difficult, not because of the material per se but because 40% of the questions were on topics not even covered, so there wasn't a clue.  It doesn't matter.  Though there were no official utterances, let alone a diploma, I was given an application for the internship program so I presume I'm in.  Exams be damned, that's all that counts.

Succinct Summations for the week ending September 16th 2016

Still another week goes by without my new computer.  This is now 7 weeks and once again I am told it will be ready in the next day or two.  In fact, on Friday I was told that it was ready and that I could pick it up tomorrow.  Tomorrow I'll find out if this is yet another entrepreneurial exaggeration or something I can take to the bank.  Next weekend will likely be my final unsolicited distribution.

Succinct Summation of Week’s Events 9.9.16 (plus The History of Index Funds)

It may come as no surprise that I am still without a computer but the good news is that my tech informed me on Thursday that my new super-desktop should be ready on Tuesday.  It may take another week or so to get it set up but next weekend should be the last of these unsolicited distributions.  Meanwhile, September 21st remains my big day, the day I am informed whether I have passed the introductory course for the CFP and therefore qualify for the internship which is a prerequisite for entering the formal academic program next February.  I expect to qualify and even have high hopes to get a very rewarding internship but, if things do not go my way, I may have to be reevaluating my career plans after next Wednesday.

Succinct Summation of Week’s Events 9.2.16 (+ CFP update)

So I've been without the benefit of modern technology since July 29th when my Dell desktop crapped out on me.  Turned out that the motherboard was fried which made me wonder how I'd been able to use it at all.  The good news is that sometime in the next two or three days I expect to get the call telling me the new desktop is ready for pickup.

Succinct Summation of Week’s Events 8.26.16

Another week off and online but at least as of Friday, the new desktop is on order, supercharged i7 processor with 16GB RAM for video editing and a turbo-charged video card, should be a dream compared to what I've been putting up with.  It'll be ready in about another week so hopefully in about two weeks I'll be back online and back to normal.

Succinct Summation of Week’s Events 8.19.16 (plus CFP update)

I got the report from my tech on Friday and it seems the old Dell desktop is fried.  Tomorrow I go in to lay out the specs for a new one which he will custom build for me optimized for video editing as I continue producing instructional media, particularly on finance and investments.  Maybe by next weekend I'll be back online again, but it may be longer.  Meanwhile, here is the weekly summation, followed by my own collection of daily summations.  And the bonus this week is a progress report on my participation in the Certified Financial Planning program at Oakland University.

Succinct Summation of Week’s Events 8.12.16

As promised, I'm keeping up this blog at least for the week-end report until my computer is back online.  This week I finally succeeded (after great effort)  in getting all the programs transferred to my laptop so that I could take my Dell desktop into the shop for upgrade/repair or replace, which I did on Thursday.  I would hope to get the verdict on upgrade or replaced tomorrow or Tuesday.  If it's an upgrade, I should be back in business by next weekend.  If it's replace, it'll be a bit longer.  Meanwhile, below is the succinct summary of the week's events as promised.  As a supplement, this week I've been following the market on a daily basis again and provide my own one-paragraph summation below as well in order to track the trends.  Hope everyone had a great weekend and I hope everything is back to normal by next weekend.  As soon as we are back to normal, I'll be able to resume sending only to subscribers again.  Thanks for your patience.