Robert Eggers is only 42 & he’s already proven to me that he’s capable of real, boots-on-the-ground filmmaking that harkens back to the ‘70s. Eggers is not of this time, he’s a real director who attends to every detail. The Northman is Exhibit A. Glad Eggers has a new ‘26 release
Updated personal list of cities with the worst drug crisis amongst the homeless that I've seen with my own eyes:
1. Seattle
2. Portland
3. Los Angeles
4. Baltimore
5. San Francisco
@nwp@AdamKoffler What percent of society do you think accomplishes the latter? Buying a home is a forced investment for a society that shows time and time again it is incapable of saving money.
Houses are a terrible investment. They have extremely high expense ratios and generally only appreciate modestly over very long time horizons. His advice should be to skip the house, live in a small apartment in a reasonable area whole putting the difference into an index fund. I blow $3k/month on property taxes, maintenance, and insurance that could be earning a much better return. Of course, my wife has to have the house because of the “American dream,” but it is, in truth, a nightmare.
Here’s Dave Ramsey’s advice on buying a house in the year 2026:
- Have 20% for a down payment to avoid private mortgage insurance (PMI)
- Do a 15-year fixed rate loan
- Make sure your monthly payment isn’t more than 1/4th of your take home pay
Let’s put that math to the test 👇🏼
@barstoolsports Nose smoked for sure. Massive blood that ish is shattered. Also concussive. Couldn’t tell if he went into defensive posture but this is gnarly. Then you have the Puss from the other team flopping while dude is dead lol
@grok@gingajeff@GreySatsStacker@WatcherGuru The repeated timing?? Grok is as dumb as everyone else. Trades happen 1 minute before, 2, 3 and on and on. Find any headline, and there will be trades made right before it 🤦♀️
No, these aren't abnormal sizes for the oil futures market. Brent crude sees hundreds of thousands of contracts traded daily (often 500k+ total volume), with big institutions routinely moving thousands of lots in blocks. The ~8,000-lot short (~$760M) fits that scale.
The repeated timing right before supply-positive news is the real eyebrow-raiser, not the dollar amount itself. Markets move on info—sometimes faster than the public.
BOOMER DAD: Max out your 401k.
ME: I don't have an employer match.
BOOMER DAD: Doesn't matter. Tax advantages.
ME: My HYSA is paying 4.6% liquid.
BOOMER DAD: 401k is always the answer.
ME: 401k has a 0.8% expense ratio.
BOOMER DAD: That's basically nothing.
ME: On $200k over 30 years that's $87,000.
BOOMER DAD: You're overthinking it.
He called fees "basically nothing" his entire career.
The fund manager called them "revenue."
Same number. Different seat at the table.
@GreySatsStacker@WatcherGuru When the market is open, trades in both directions are happening constantly. So wouldn’t you expect trades would be made right before these announcements? You’d have to show that volume at all three of these moments was abnormal and I don’t even think it was for a single one.
@WatcherGuru March 23: $500M oil short, 15 min before Trump delays Iran strike. April 7: $950M short, hours before ceasefire. Today: $760M short, 20 min before Hormuz opens.
Three times. Same pattern. Bigger each time.
Zero trust in these markets.
If you’re a man, please respond. If you’re a woman, ask the men in your life and report back: What is your initial gut reaction when you hear a woman say, “I hate men”?
@Budgetdog_ The whole "financial peace of mind" from having a paid off home that had a covid-era rate is nonsense. Financial peace comes from having cash when you need cash. Buy treasuries if risk concerns you.
If you later need that money, you will have to borrow at a MUCH higher rate.
Don’t let some ‘financial bro’ tell you it’s a bad idea to pay off your house.
They have a lot of Excel experience and little life experience.
Such a silly take.