hnburnsy

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by hnburnsy 2y ago
Billionaires pay 37% or 20% on their investment gains, can't really explain it to a 5 year old because congress and the IRS make it complex.
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by hnburnsy 2y ago
"Show me the man and I'll show you the crime." Any organization is probably in violation of any number of rules and regulations due to the sheer number of them.
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Could you give us some of these restrictions? This seems like a BS excuse to not support the students.
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by hnburnsy 2y ago
If this is the case then they really are not for the benefit of students?
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by hnburnsy 2y ago
>...much of the money is reserved for a particular purpose I would assume that a tax on an endowment would be like a capital gains tax, i.e., taxed on the investment growth. Is the growth 'reserved for a particular purpose'?
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by hnburnsy 2y ago
Can someone confirm that if Harvard turned down Pell Grants and Federal student support, they could admit whoever they want? >Private clubs are generally exempt from anti-discrimination laws under certain conditions. For example, being g
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by hnburnsy 2y ago
Yeah, I guess if free means 'free to fine tech companies to the tune of 30 billion dollars', sure it is free.
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by hnburnsy 2y ago
>this is manufactured outrage. Yeah, seems like Electrek.co has an article hating on Musk 1-2 times a day.
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by hnburnsy 2y ago
So what percent of the fund was invested in MBS and how much of that was lost?
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by hnburnsy 2y ago
45% of Nike's sales in 2024 were DTC, see chart above.
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by hnburnsy 2y ago
Nike Sales DTC versus Total Fiscal Year | DTC Sales (in billion USD) | Total Sales (in billion USD) | DTC as % of Total Sales ----------- | -------------------------- | ---------------------------- | ---------------------- 2020
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by hnburnsy 2y ago
The quoted article from the thread is from 2016, so yeah more selling is online and direct from the manufacturers.
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by hnburnsy 2y ago
1. Crushing the MBS market does nothing to existing homeowners. They still make their monthly payment at the same interest rate. 2. Crushing the mortgage market is not the same as crushing the housing market. 1/3 of sales are cash, and
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by hnburnsy 2y ago
How many iPhones fit in a "Plane Load"?
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by hnburnsy 2y ago
Exactly no one invests 100% of their retirement savings in SPVs.
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by hnburnsy 2y ago
Don't order Apple goods from any retailer for delivery. Retailer and shipper employees are tipping off others that your package contains an Apple product. Only buy for in store pickup and open the package at the counter.
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by hnburnsy 2y ago
The thread was kind of hand wavy over the "$24* discount" for Footlocker? From the linked article... >Footlocker’s purchase price (read footnote #3) for every sale of $100 shows up as $66 in their financial reports, and not $5
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by hnburnsy 2y ago
I wonder how much of that was transshipping, just using Vietnam as a passthrough?
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by hnburnsy 2y ago
Hope you bought $INTC too.
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These are ex-VAT.
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by hnburnsy 2y ago
The exemptions... >Some goods will not be subject to the Reciprocal Tariff. These include: (1) articles subject to 50 USC 1702(b); (2) steel/aluminum articles and autos/auto parts already subject to Section 232 tariffs; (3) cop
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by hnburnsy 2y ago
>25% on South Korea, 32% on Taiwan, 36% on Thailand, 46% on Vietnam Harley Davidson moved some of its production to Thailand in 2018 to avoid a 31% tariff the EU had on US manufactured motorcycles, announced in 2024 it was moving more pr
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by hnburnsy 2y ago
Current EU tariffs on US goods... Product Category Tariff Rate ----------------------------- -------------- Dairy Products (e.g., cheese, butter) Up to 50% Processed Foods (e.g., chocolate, confectionery)
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by hnburnsy 2y ago
For comparison... >GM said its inventory of vehicles, which is the number of vehicles currently on dealer lots or en route, fell 8% to 549,312 in the first quarter. So at ~50K ASP, GM has over $25B sitting in inventory.
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by hnburnsy 2y ago
>Game-key cards are different from regular game cards, because they don’t contain the full game data. Instead, the game-key card is your "key" to downloading the full game to your system via the internet
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Nintendo Switch 2 Game-Key Card Overview(en-americas-support.nintendo.com)
7 points by hnburnsy 2y ago|3 comments
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by hnburnsy 2y ago
A caddy? How about an instant 3D printer\CNC machine?
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by hnburnsy 2y ago
>where they ban optimization Always wondered why the NFL doesn't ban sticky gloves.
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>It would be hilarious if he did that and BYD said "Go for it" and they just sold cars everywhere except the US. EU tariffs BYD around 28%.
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>Having dominated its home market of China, the world’s largest auto market, BYD is starting to expand globally, with notable exceptions like the United States, a country it is effectively barred from due to 100% tariffs on its passenger

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