My primary interest and area of expertise is emerging technology, particularly in the areas consumer culture and corporate IT infrastructure. This universe tends to intersect with the financial world, especially since the .com boom of the late 1990s, where fortunes were made and lost through the equity market and venture capital. Technology has radically transformed not only business models, but the macroeconomic landscape, along with the social and political relationships of the consumer population.

As a conservative investor, my time horizon is long term, and I buy established, bellwether large cap equities, with solid balance sheets and free cash flow, along with bonds, and the occasional REIT or MLP.

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