We Bought a $40k (net) Tesla Model Y LR

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*** Edit 10/6/2023 **** Since publishing this post, Tesla has dropped the MSRP most trims of their Model 3 and Y by $2k. They also reduced the referral bonus from $500 to $250.     *** Original Post *** I discovered my favorite musician, Ben Rector, a few years ago. My wife recently shared with … Read more

Financial Update – Sept 2023

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Another month, another update. A few random comments. Good Reads/Listens/Watches Beau Miles tries his hand at replicating the Seinfeld (Kramer) aluminum can redemption arbitrage (link). His other videos are astounding (link). Mediocre Amateurs continue to inspire me (link). Dolomites 1 + Dolomites 2. Kilimanjaro + Mount Meru. Clipping Chains interviews the White Coat Investor (link). … Read more

Financial Update – Aug 2023

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Another month, another update. A few random comments. Good Reads/Listens/Watches I really liked the Quarterback series, but I’m a sucker for sports documentaries (link). It’s hard not to like Kirk Cousins after watching that show. Relatedly, I learned about Hard Knocks this month. It is also pretty entertaining (link).   Life School started again for … Read more

Financial Update – July 2023

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Another month, another update. A few random comments. Good Reads/Listens/Watches Steve Levitt (re)interviews Sal Khan on People I Mostly Admire (link). Guy Raz interviews Sal Khan on How I Built This (link). The Finance Buff on: Using Fidelity as a bank (link). I’m still a fan of using the Fidelity brokerage account as my primary … Read more

Financial Update – June 2023

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Another month, another update. A few random comments. Good Reads/Listens/Watches A fascinating 45-minute BBC documentary on the doomed Titan submarine, filmed many months prior to the recent disaster (link). The amount of red flags documented within the first 5 minutes of this documentary is astounding. For example, during the filmed expedition one of the thrusters … Read more

Financial Update – May 2023

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Another month, another update. A few random comments. Good Reads/Listens/Watches Rational Reminder Podcast interviews Burton Malkiel (link). Malkiel is the author of A Random Walk Down Wall Street, one of my favorite investing books. Since recently discovering this podcast, I’m going through many of their archived episodes. Some of my favorites so far: Ken French … Read more