Boomers Trade · Andrew James

The schedule so far

Same time yesterday, and the day before that.

Every letter I have sent, newest first. One move on the schedule read as arithmetic, and the business already standing in front of it. Nothing gets reshuffled here either.

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$54 trillion moves sideways before your kids see it

The person ahead of your children is your spouse

9/12/2026

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4 min read

The heating bill you escaped came back in July

Fuel you can pre-buy in September. Electricity you cannot.

9/11/2026

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3 min read

Ask what the lens costs before you sit down

The operation takes twenty minutes. The decision before it costs thousands.

9/10/2026

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3 min read

Who decided your 401(k) would buy bonds?

A fund named after your birth year did it, on a schedule set years ago.

9/9/2026

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4 min read

Only 19.3% of people our age lift anything

Four to six pounds of muscle a decade, if you leave it alone.

9/8/2026

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3 min read

Propane went from $2.13 to $2.58 in one winter

Wholesale barely moved. Your delivery did all of it.

9/7/2026

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4 min read

Florida netted 815 retirees all of last year

Forty-five thousand moved in. Almost the same number moved out.

9/6/2026

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3 min read

Three presidents were born in 1946. All turn 80.

Eighty is when the house changes, and your generation just got there.

9/5/2026

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3 min read

Your age group cut $325 from the fun budget

And the index that sets your raise was never built from your basket.

9/4/2026

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4 min read