this stuff just gets harder to hide as we go forward, which is good. Not that I'd argue that prostitution and rape of minors is a good thing but....the loss of anonymity seems like it will be bad overall. Less freedom of expression, freedom of association, people less willing to speak out and expre...

Are recessions inherently bad? Panics, perhaps, but recessions keep the economy more..honest, and flush misallocation of capital. These seem like good things over the long term, no?

dualstow wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 10, 2019 7:18 am

Right now, their 2007 krugs are over $100 more than the ‘19 ones.

Could it be a simple supply + demand algorithm? They have a lot of the 2019 coins and not many of the older in stock?

Tyler wrote: ↑

Tue Jul 09, 2019 8:54 pm

...there's a new boss in town and one small but particularly disturbing corner of the swamp is actually being drained.

Don't go getting my hopes up if you can't follow through

And now it's up over $1410. Not gonna complain!

jacksonM wrote: ↑

Sat Jun 15, 2019 4:15 pm

it's kind of like my old Dodge Caravan

Let's make sure you don't get put in charge of marketing

But because I also bought bonds and gold to diversify, I'll sleep well tonight. This is part of why I struggle with buying the lagging asset when contributing. Feels like betting on one asset vs buying another "share" in the portfolio. May need to start contributing to cash and then buying all asse...

Buy low, sell high. This is PP rebalancing in another context. Even if stocks tank, you pay less tax and buy at a lower price. Even if you sell the company stock immediately and buy VTI/SPY with the proceeds, it still seems like a win as long as all stocks drop roughly the same. This only applies i...

If I borrow 100k from a bank, and spend it on cars, then default on the loan, that cash is still out circulating Why call something a "debt" if its never going to be paid back Because in most cases the loan gets paid back/the money gets destroyed, so it's only temporarily inflationary to make the l...

Given the above, I think a reasonable modification to the PP is to never roll to a lower interest rate bond and always roll to a higher rate bond if one is implementing via individual LTTs. There’s goodness to this tactic on a couple of levels that I’ll leave to the reader to discover. And if one i...

dualstow wrote: ↑

Thu Apr 25, 2019 10:40 am

The term y'all is growing in popularity in the north, and I've heard it spoken outside the U.S. too.

I don't know if this is the reason why, but it's conveniently gender-neutral so one doesn't get admonished for using it, vs "you guys" (not intending it in any gender-specific way).

It's also worth noting that stock buybacks were illegal prior to 1982.