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Well, his estate was worth more than $500 million when he died. I have read articles that said his wealth was nowhere near what it needed to be to afford all of his properties and lifestyle. The relationship he had with Wexner was certainly suspicious. But when you have 1 billionaire friend, you can...

GORDON wrote: ↑Fri May 03, 2024 10:44 am "If the service you are getting is free, then you are what's being sold."

I'd be OK with that.

GORDON wrote: ↑Fri May 03, 2024 10:42 am I wouldn't go in without full gimp leathers.

Sir, this is a Wendy's.

Troy wrote: ↑Fri May 03, 2024 10:33 am Why do the French riot police look so much cooler than our riot cops I'm seeing on college campuses?

I wouldn't go in without a full helmet.

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/05/02/stock-m ... dates.html

Bad news is good news. New jobs only up 175k, unemployment up to 3.9%. So the stock market is up 1.4%, and bond yields are down 5 basis points (0.05%), and crypto is up.

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/05/03/trump-m ... udits.html

Trump Media auditor charged by SEC with ‘massive fraud,’ permanently barred from public company audits

Leisher wrote: ↑Fri May 03, 2024 9:28 am A co-worker friend just bought his wife a Calligraphy.

It's a nice car. A little annoying about how some things they'll only put on the Kia version, and some are exclusive to Hyundai. (like folding mirrors when car is locked is Kia only. The place to put your purse up front is Hyundai only).

So why are so many corporations buying housing? It can't all just be for relocating workers. It's 0% for relocating workers. It's mostly for yield. You buy a house, rent it out, collect 5%-10% roi. Which was pretty exceptional in low interest rate days. Most AirBNB struggling I've heard has been re...

Stonks. It cuts off the bottom unless you click, which shows you real estate, cash, and 10 year treasuries.

Also, these are nominal returns, not inflation-adjusted.

Dude (Pat Bev) better end up in jail.

I hate you can't choose to NOT have all the bullshit radar stuff that I don't want. I don't have a problem seeing my blind spots, and don't need the alert lights. I don't need the truck to slow down when there's a slower vehicle a quarter mile ahead. So that bullshit is probably a big chunk of that...

Looks like that should last a while. Good job fixing it up. Friend of mine just went out to buy a "new" truck from the mid 2000s, and said it took FOREVER to find out without a bunch of rust on the underbody. https://imgur.com/zNszwcL https://imgur.com/BASL0db We bought one of these (Hyund...

I guess I saw that episode, and it inceptioned me a few years later.

Leisher wrote: ↑Thu May 02, 2024 4:37 pm Rick wasn't wrong.

Yes.

A/B

Leisher wrote: ↑Thu May 02, 2024 3:52 pm Yet he wasn't wealthy nor did he have a job.

He was wealthy. He worked in investment banking, and was a wealth manager for the super wealthy, like Leslie Wexner (who did pay him suspiciously large amounts of $$)

Care factor super low.

You ever hear the theory that the poor get audited more is because the poor can't afford tax lawyers? Poor get audited mor because it's very easy. Especially with all the EITC fraud. Hitting the rich by another 50% could conceivably triple their audit costs. I say triple to make the point, could be...