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by navigatesol 7y ago
"Chevy" That iconic American brand that's been in business for over a century, producing money for shareholders, jobs for 10s of thousands and tax dollars to benefit every American.
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by navigatesol 7y ago
> Why more people don't get a Chevy Bolt, is a mystery to me. Lack of service for me. Unless you live in an urban center, most independent dealers can't afford the service center upgrades required to service EVs, especially i
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by navigatesol 7y ago
> I have trouble squaring this ostensibly fantastic news with the constant dire predictions about the stock. The problem isn't the "stock". It's the financials of the company that are an issue. > simply overpriced
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R&D isn't the same as financing infrastructure..
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> Can anyone do back of napkin math on what $1.9T could buy in terms of wind/solar energy? How many homes that could power? I'm not sure this question is relevant. First, because it isn't one or the other. Second, becau
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by navigatesol 7y ago
> Public transportation is seen as inconvenient and for lower class people, so large transit projects like this get no traction. You will never see executives or politicians taking trains to work like you do in European countries. Except
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by navigatesol 7y ago
> I started coming in to work on time and stopped coding during meetings and they took me off the PIP a couple weeks later. So, you were consistently late for work, didn't pay attention in meetings and were admittedly inattentive a
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by navigatesol 7y ago
> Don't close your mind just because you know of one instance of the thing being discussed; you anchor yourself to a specific point in time. Person with zero experience lecturing someone who actually performed the role, in servic
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by navigatesol 7y ago
People on the internet seem regularly shocked to learn that there are real-life individuals who support Trump, are pro-CCP and don't consider every interaction with a Russian national to be treason.
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by navigatesol 7y ago
> It was one of the most spectacular business failures of the last few decades, losing $4.5 billion in value. How quaint. In 2019, tech companies burn through billions of dollars of capital every single year, and we call them business
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by navigatesol 7y ago
> The players should be paid a salary, full stop. This is where I disagree. I don't think the schools should be obligated to provide a salary. These are amateurs, by definition. That said, if you are popular enough to make money
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by navigatesol 7y ago
> It simply allows athletes to make money from their own brand. Not sure how anyone can be against this. Indeed. I'm not necessarily opposed to amateur sports remaining "amateur" (whatever that looks like). But the fact
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> We can't just plant a bunch of trees and keep living like before Do you really think any country or society is "living like" before? Climate consciousness has come a long way. We are getting better in every aspect, thou
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by navigatesol 7y ago
I love how we've suddenly decided that all the solid engineering done in the space industry, for decades, was done by fools reading pop science. But now a "real engineer" is showing us the way. SpaceX is standing on the shoul
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by navigatesol 7y ago
> But should we realize in a couple years that this was overhyped and desktop OS and apps won't go away, everyone will have migrated to OSX or Linux if Windows quality continues to decline at that rate. Windows still claims nearly
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by navigatesol 7y ago
If you're willing to spend half an hour digging into problems, you'll easily discover that Tesla is inundated with quality issues and people bickering with the company to get warranty work or have the company honour their returns.
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by navigatesol 7y ago
False narrative? The "narrative" is their financial data. The fact that there is so much capital floating around to keep bad businesses afloat doesn't make them good businesses. I'm sure the shady silicon valley dealing
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by navigatesol 7y ago
Imagine describing sitting in a parking lot watching YouTube in your car a "joyous experience".
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by navigatesol 7y ago
> "Really? The infotainment system makes it rank low" Yes, because modern cars are so good nowadays that people expect perfection. We are a two car family. In the past decade I've owned Volkswagen, Honda, Toyota, Ford,
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by navigatesol 7y ago
Yes, everyone criticizing the company is a short seller making up lies to earn a few bucks. The lawsuits, fraudulent buyouts, sketchy accounting, executive overturn, ridiculous promises, lousy financials... It's all made up. A giant
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by navigatesol 7y ago
Why is it that you believe these companies can suddenly raise prices and make money? We've been hearing about "economies of scale" in companies like Uber and Tesla for years, yet no sign of it yet. Price cuts and investor su
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by navigatesol 7y ago
> Not everyone finds eye masks comfortable. You can't sleep with the shade up, nor can you sleep with an eye mask? Too bad. These are your issues, not those of the people around you. How did we get to the point where everyone e
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by navigatesol 7y ago
It might turn out that Airbnb has timed this incredibly poorly. That sucks for employees. But it's certainly enriched and empowered the executives and VCs. Why do employees continue to do this? Uber, WeWork, Tesla, Domo, Blue Apron,
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by navigatesol 7y ago
The point, with which I agree, is that it's still active, just much less so. It's a bit pedantic, but assuming ETFs are passive by definition could get people crushed when these themed tickers get outflows.
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by navigatesol 7y ago
> So, I guess I won't know if 10% open my marketing emails or 50%. But who cares? I wouldn't even know what to do with the information anyway. So you were tracking people without even needing the information? Why? > I&#x27
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by navigatesol 7y ago
Oh brother. There's no illusion. I guess the average guy off the street doesn't get it, but no one in the finance world is fooled into believing a share buyback increased profit. Not a single one. It decreases share count in exch
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by navigatesol 7y ago
The danger is inflation, which we don't see in the data yet. When it becomes an issue, you dial back QE. Best laid plans and all that, but there's no point worrying about a theoretical boogie man.
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Why shouldn't the balance sheet permanently increase along with the size of income?
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Yes and no. The face value of the bond is what you will receive at maturity. When the bond trades in the intermediate term, its price is determined by prevailing and expected interest rates.
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by navigatesol 7y ago
Your comment has contradictions. For example, if "most Americans already owns a house", how are they at the same not affected by home prices increasing? Like a lot of financial analysis I read, you seem to look at only one side of

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