boilermaker75
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2% position in FAST. I hope it keeps going down then I'll be adding more.
I wrote some April 40-strike puts on FAST today. In a week I'll either have a starter position in FAST at a basis of $39.15 or $0.85 per share profit.
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I've always exercised, a lot, so I don't know what would happen to my sleep if I did not work out. I work out an hour 6 days most weeks, used to only miss a couple of times a year. I'm 62. I don't know what 62 is suppose to feel like, but I don't think I feel anywhere near 62. My guess is I probably feel not much different than I did at 40 other than it sometimes bothers my shoulders a little to do shoulder presses. But I think that is from our 65 pound dogs jerking my arms when I walk them!
That's awesome. I never could get into exercising much because I tend to find it boring, and I also don't like team sports or activities that need me to leave the house (I know, that rules out a lot of things).
I tend to end up doing mostly bodyweight stuff (push ups, pull ups) and I work at a standing desk, so at least I'm up and walking around all day, and I do try to take walks outside when it's not too cold. But I wish I had the kind of habit that you have, as I know it would be great for me.
All this introduction to ask: Do you just naturally like exercising, or have you found tricks to make it more fun? I suppose I could try to do it while listening to podcasts or audiobooks or something like that...
I've always found it to be fun. I never got much of my exercise from team sports, just individual workouts. My basement is essentially a gym. I have a Nordic Track, an elliptical, treadmill, concept II rower, free weights, and a kicking bag. Yes I also have a TV and some headphones. So I mix it up a lot. I also do Tae Kwon Do a few days a week and in the summer bike on a trail system, I hate riding on the road.
I had a versa climber and used it so much it wore out. I haven't replaced it because they are now ridiculously expensive. Well, maybe a new one wouldn't wear out!
I don't know how old my Nordic Track is, but more than 30 years. Just today I had to order new Driverollers (one-way roller clutch bearing) for it.
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I try to aim for 7 hours, but I'm one of those people who can go for months (I've done years) on just 5-6 hours a night. About eight months ago I read some article saying that sleep is a way for the brain to clean itself and that can only happen after seven hours. Since then I've aimed for seven hours.
I've found for myself if I exercise I need to sleep less. This is counter-intuitive, but that's how it seems to work. If I'm really pushing my running I'm fine on little sleep. If I take a few weeks off from running 8 or 9 hours isn't enough at night.
If I'm moderately rested I naturally wake up after ~7 hours without an alarm.
I've always exercised, a lot, so I don't know what would happen to my sleep if I did not work out. I work out an hour 6 days most weeks, used to only miss a couple of times a year. I'm 62. I don't know what 62 is suppose to feel like, but I don't think I feel anywhere near 62. My guess is I probably feel not much different than I did at 40 other than it sometimes bothers my shoulders a little to do shoulder presses. But I think that is from our 65 pound dogs jerking my arms when I walk them!
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I used to need 8 hours otherwise I was worthless the next day. As I have aged that has decreased. After about 7 hours I just wake up, usually no need for an alarm. If I have to I can now easily get by on much less, at least for one day. I did know someone who only needed about 4 hours of sleep. He claimed after 4 hours he would just wake up and be fine. That would be nice, essentially adding 3-4 hours to my life every day!
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$300,000 sounds pretty cheap compared to Michael Dell who pays $2.7 million for his security.
Maybe because BRK shareholders are happy while there are plenty of ex-DELL shareholders who got screwed when Dell took DELL private!
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I thought this was interesting, not exactly an exercise in value investing but does make you think who might be a winner out of the four.
My 2 cents is that I have to disagree with his view on amazon shrinking in size for one simple reason and that is if I look at my buying habits, I spend way too much money on that site and I don't see my spending going down unless the prices increase significantly and the service gets worse.
Whenever I am purchasing something, I always go to AMZN to check if it is there (usually is) and at what price. Is AMZN selling cars yet? LOL
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The Disappearing Spoon. about 30% though it. I like learning the history behind scientific discoveries and that is what makes this book an enjoyable read.
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Totally missed whatever happened here. ???
Ditto
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Although I don't know what the problem was, I was able to get my IB data imported into Turbotax. I was downloading the IB 1099 using Safari, which would not import to TurboTax. When I switched to Firefox the downloaded IB 1099 would import to TurboTax.
You can only do this with desktop turbo tax right? I am using web version so I can only manually copy and paste each transaction.
I view this as a reminder that I shouk not trade too much.
Yes, only with the desktop version.
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Although I don't know what the problem was, I was able to get my IB data imported into Turbotax. I was downloading the IB 1099 using Safari, which would not import to TurboTax. When I switched to Firefox the downloaded IB 1099 would import to TurboTax.
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Does anyone use TurboTax and import their brokerage transactions via a TXF file? Have you tried it this year? I am trying to do that with a TXF file from my IB account. When I try an import in TurboTax, my .txf file is not highlighted/selectable.
I have tried to Google to see if anyone else is having this issue and I have posted my issue on the TurboTax Help Center.
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Congratulations and thank you!
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Thanks, I had missed the previous mention.
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My daughter did her undergrad in business. Where she went to school they had internship programs. She interned at a PR firm in London and also took a class the summer after her sophomore year. It was good because she learned she did not want to work in PR. Besides the formal internship program, her school also had an internship fair where at least a hundred companies came recruiting summer interns. Your niece should look to see what programs the OSU already has.
Another thing your niece should look into is what summer programs other universities offer. After her junior year, my daughter did a program in UCLA's Anderson business school. Anderson's focused on the entertainment industry, but I am sure there are some, especially in the New York City area, that would focus on finance. My daughter now works in Hollywood.
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on his bet with Ted Seides
http://news.yahoo.com/buffett-way-ahead-1-mn-wager-against-hedge-193649849.html
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If you want to avoid the haggling and probably getting a better price than you would get by haggling, go to
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I also watched this when it came out on the History channel. I highly recommend it.
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The Sports Gene: Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance.
About 40% through, will polish it off this weekend. An enjoyable read so far.
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who is this scrub? what's his track record?
Who are you calling a scrub?
The post that innerscorecard linked is John Huber of Saber Capital Management.
What makes him a scrub in your eyes?
Edit: full disclosure, I am not John Huber.
Wasn't jawn619 jokingly referring to Buffett?
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who is this scrub? what's his track record?
Yes and how many pages does he read every day?
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I developed an interest in the stock market in the late 1960s. However, I never seriously pursued learning about the stock market till around 1998. I have done really well the last 6 years. Am I there? I don't know. Ask me in another 5 years.
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“If you are mindful that old age has wisdom for its food, you will so exert yourself in youth that your old age will not lack sustenance,” Leonardi da Vinci.
Pursuit of useful Knowledge, in honourable Actions and the Practice of Virtue; in which he who labours to improve himself from his Youth, will in Age reap the happiest Fruits of them; not only because these never leave a Man, not even in the extreamest [sic] Old Age; but only because a Conscience bearing Witness that our Life was sell-spent, together with the Remembrance of past good Actions, yields an unspeakable Comfort to the Soul,” Cicero.
If youth only new, if old age only could. (I don't know who said this one.)
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Forgot the other one
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“More than any time in history mankind faces a crossroads. One path leads to despair and utter hopelessness, the other to total extinction. Let us pray that we have the wisdom to choose correctly,” Woody Allen.