fareastwarriors

@thepupil you're still holding a CLO etf? Any color to share?

Conflicts drive global military spending to record high

Carrier, the century-old inventor of the air conditioner, is moving on to the home heat pump

FRPH

It just means you don't eat at Taco Bell.... 3 items plus a drink for $8 in California. Solid deal still. Way better than the $15+ Big Mac combo...

Doctor gifts Bronx medical school $1 billion to cover tuition for all students https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/doctor-gifts-bronx-medical-school-1-billion-to-cover-tuition-for-all-student/5170432/ The $1 billion donation was made possible by Gottesman's late husband, David Gottseman, also known as Sandy. Her late husband died in 2022 after a long career in Manhattan working at investment firms, according to The New York Times.

Tumbling US natural gas prices prove unstoppable, hurting producers

consolidation continues Chord to Buy Enerplus for $3.7 Billion to Bulk Up In Bakken

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/berkshire-sheds-holdings-mum-investment-213748123.html

AIV

More potential consolidation Diamondback, Endeavor Energy in talks to create $50 billion company, sources say

BTI

completely out of CKX, will probably miss out on sudden epic rise.

Add to BTI and CLPR

I been adding to CLPR around $5.

I want to say I seen some in the mail before for like 6-12 months but I can't think which lender right now. Only this one offering 3-months at 0% with some quick googling. https://www.uwcu.org/home-equity/promo/zero-new/

Sold CKX at 13.25

Well I also live a simple life with no expensive hobbies so I don't need high current income to live well. With that said, my spouse is going back to work after being laid off and looking for work for past year. That will certainly help use up a bit of the losses. Sorry, not helping CA's budget deficit!

Yup, I do. I have Real Estate Professional status with plenty of "losses" so I essentially pay very little to no income tax Life's pretty ok. (But I understand not everyone is in similar boat.)

oh lol. Thought you already had those offers available when you made this thread. I also pick up like $4k last year doing bank and brokerage bonuses using my name and the spouse. https://www.doctorofcredit.com/best-bank-account-bonuses/ (FYI, I do these even if the $300 deal won't make a difference in my life because I enjoy it. )

If you're on top of things and don't need to borrow money in the near term, it's not a bad way to make some interest arbitrage money. I did it with HELOC and PLOC during covid times and doing some with 0% APR credit cards.

Pretty much always have 20-30% leverage now. If I borrow at X and I think my returns can be X+, over a longer horizon, then I'm going keep borrowing.

Haslam family sells Berkshire Hathaway remaining 20% share of Pilot Travel Centers

I live in 1,900 square feet. 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 3 people. Sometimes it feel too big already. Too much work(lazy) to keep up with cleaning. Have everything I need and pretty much most of what I want. Life's good.

Where are the parents in all this? Most of my family are in construction, mainly residential. None of them want their kids in construction. They rather their kids work at a mall in a clean environment and make minimum wage than work in their own line of work. They are almost all sending their kids to college instead of having them come join the trade. For the non-college route, those "kids" are mostly chilling at home. None of them doing bad either. Pretty much everyone is making $100k+ in mostly cash/checks but none of their kids are even close to a construction site.