aspiringsensei

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by aspiringsensei 16y ago
I'll offer feedback on the ratings system. My one gripe with your site is that the "buy" or "sell" justifications provided by your users seem weak. For example: Electric cars are pretty modern now and Tesla is one of the few companie
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by aspiringsensei 16y ago
My employer is hyper-strict about stuff that is directly competitive with their offerings, but has tightly "ringfenced" those offerings and allows us to do what we like outside them.
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by aspiringsensei 16y ago
>Maintaining a short position is expensive Short positions on companies like Netflix should be initiated using capped-loss derivatives instead of assuming the unlimited risk of selling the company's stock short. Buying a long-dated put
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by aspiringsensei 16y ago
Great link, I've definitely spent much longer than I expected reading these articles.
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by aspiringsensei 16y ago
Bloggers outnumber AAPL sell-side coverage by infinity to 48.
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by aspiringsensei 16y ago
Do you mean "incentive to predict conservatively" rather than "incentive to under-predict"?
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by aspiringsensei 16y ago
Many people are eating for survival, not epicurean delights. I hear your complaints about lack of taste, but I don't think they invalidate the method of growing hydroponically.
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by aspiringsensei 16y ago
As a former Sevilla resident, nice to click around for a while.
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Soon we'll start hearing about a "tiger gap"(highclearing.com)
3 points by aspiringsensei 16y ago|0 comments
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by aspiringsensei 16y ago
> Using a $225,000 microscope I saw a microscope for sale at best buy for $40! This is waste, pure and simple! edit: Either I'm not funny or people don't get sarcasm. Probably the former.
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by aspiringsensei 16y ago
This is a great question: I am working on getting you an answer from a derivatives expert. I suspect the reason has to do with difficulty inherent to unbundling existing derivatives contracts in order to isolate "your" mortgage, but I'll ci
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by aspiringsensei 16y ago
A parallel reddit thread: http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/d34k0/what_do_you...
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by aspiringsensei 16y ago
The Magnetar trade was fascinating, and I humbly submit that any reporting done by This American Life is likely to be better reporting than any other news agency out there.
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Ask HN: What do you still not understand about the Financial Crisis?
10 points by aspiringsensei 16y ago|14 comments
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by aspiringsensei 16y ago
>I've been in both workplaces and graduate programs where one's political views were simply assumed. Ditto with religion. I'm not devout, but I don't believe it's anyone's right to sit around and mock religious people on pure "durr hurr
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by aspiringsensei 16y ago
There's a bright side in this: seriously. If we don't live our lives with the expectation that we will finally begin enjoying them when we retire, we might begin living our lives to our more short-term satisfaction. Not that saving for re
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by aspiringsensei 16y ago
Also, adding links to other blog posts responding/reacting to posts in what I'm reading.
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by aspiringsensei 16y ago
I hadn't considered this angle: are you able to flesh out the degree to which they will be able to do this? I'm non-technical, so it's not immediately clear to me: * the potential increase in cashflow yields from improving ad targeting (wha
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by aspiringsensei 16y ago
I would humbly submit that PP&E likely is dominated by warehousing facilities and books at a place like B&N. It may include some real estate, but I wouldn't bet on it representing the value of 720 store locations, even with aggressi
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by aspiringsensei 16y ago
Don't you incur large potential liabilities by dispensing financial advice over the internet?
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by aspiringsensei 16y ago
You seem to be assuming they own all of their retail stores. Is this true?
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by aspiringsensei 16y ago
Is it just me or is MA kind of a jerk? - Guy who is kind of new to this "hacker" conversation and might be asking a stupid question
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by aspiringsensei 16y ago
> eTrade destroyed the old school retail stock broker Don't look now, but these guys are still very much alive[1].You may not use them, but plenty of people are still charging $150 for a stock trade under a theory their advice is of val
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by aspiringsensei 16y ago
I would use the heck out of your site if I could text ideas into it somehow (via twitter?). Also if it recorded metadata about my location, that'd be pretty neat. (how many seconds/word I was writing, what the weather was like, astrological
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by aspiringsensei 16y ago
>Keeping the design minimalist and 'blingless' I read that as "bing-less" which might also be a wise design choice.
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by aspiringsensei 16y ago
Well...I'm already in a better capital position than them ;)
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by aspiringsensei 16y ago
Here are some good questions to ask yourself, questions your advisor should ask you, and questions you should ask your advisor. If you can get clear answers to all this stuff, you're doing pretty well. full disclosure: I work for this organ
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by aspiringsensei 16y ago
I'm partial to treasurydirect's t-bills program. No fees (except if you sell early) and short maturity.
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by aspiringsensei 16y ago
I don't think we'll come to agreement. There are bad FA's out there. Your wife got bad advice, and bad advice is out there. I certainly agree that a lot of FAs are meatsticks who should be locked away. But I think our dissonance comes from
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by aspiringsensei 16y ago
I am not a financial advisor, but I am a personal finance writer. This is well intentioned, but too reductive. All 401(K)/403(B) plans are not the same. Mine is managed by the vanguard and has microscopic fees. Similarly, all investors are

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