Dad was never one for gifts given on made-up holidays that are focused mostly on kicking up retail sales, but he did love a long phone call, so he looked forward to Father’s Day because it meant a lengthy chat.
Invariably, with me, that included a brief detour into his investments, as Father’s Day became the pre-cursor to his mid-year portfolio evaluation. This part of the conversation typically involved him asking questions because he wanted my “expert opinion,” and me giving answers that were far less about the stock market and his mutual funds and much more about him.
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