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  1. Outside of Banks and Insurance, is there ever a useful time to look at the Statement of Comprehensive Income? I almost always skip it, and just wondering if anyone has found any use to it.
  2. Amazon has done it several times, but that's a very different animal. Apple in 2021. Google in 2021.
  3. Has there ever been a manufacturing company in history (or any company) that added $60B of revenues in a single year? I'm just curious because that is wild, don't really care about the stock.
  4. I don't have any skin in this game but man am I cheering for Fairfax to put on a short squeeze. Good luck! Diamond Hands!
  5. I read it, very fun read. I haven't read the other bitcoin book out there from what I understand makes FTX looks very bad. The Lewis portrayal makes it looks like the dumbest fraud in history. Enormous value and incentives aligned to FTX and not much value to Alameda and they let Alameda blow up FTX. It just seemed dumb and unnecessary.
  6. Gotta pull out Twain here "History doesn't repeat itself, but it often rhymes”. I get it, it's got a lot of stuff going for it, presenting both sides of the coin. Also for you quote snobs, its not certain Twain actually said this.
  7. I can see the pros and cons of bitcoin. Cons are it could be the next Tulipomania. Pros are its supply is fixed, decentralized, governments destroy their currencies, and if this continues to survive it could be a currency that is used in everyday transactions worldwide. I don't really lean either way, but I do think that even if it is a giant ponzi scheme its somewhat interesting that a lot of people are about to get invited to the ponzi party. Supply is essentially fixed, and demand might go up a bunch as it becomes much less of a hassle to throw a few sheckles at BTC. I don't directly own any but am participating through a position in FRMO.
  8. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/12/27/analysis-in-the-red-sea-the-us-has-no-good-options-against-the-houthis
  9. It's always nice to know why something is falling. Do any of you have a good framework for knowing when tax loss harvesting is driving down a share price (other than its near year end and the stock is down on the year)?
  10. https://dcs.megaphone.fm/CLS7328362599.mp3?key=b0b0433f893f6ae8ab6d13100e55a786&request_event_id=e1869b0d-8ab2-4455-82e8-6f7c17973372&source=3 Interview from last year just released. Funny stuff about transdigm. He’s in his prime here
  11. One of my worst areas of investing has to be building a position. I mainly deal in the micro space and can move prices with small orders. Does anyone have any recommendations of things to read to help in this area? Is it worth just finding a full service broker and letting them deal with it?
  12. I'd say the opposite, lean into big ideas. You'll learn what works and what doesn't. I learned very early on about leverage and operational issues because I had a big position (at the time) in a company I followed someone else into. If I'd done 30 different small ideas I don't think lessons would've been taken. You can stand to learn at this point without mistakes costing you a lot. Books are good but experience is best.
  13. O’reilly, autozone, and advance auto?
  14. We had success with a program "Taking Cara Babies." Our now 10 month old has been sleeping 7-6:30 since 5 months or so. The biggest thing was letting her cry a little bit those first few times to let them put themselves to sleep. I think the program maxes the crying to 7 minutes then you sooth and start over. I felt it was some of the best money we've spent. Feels like the secret is to get out of the way and the baby will figure it out.
  15. Both businesses grow in-line with GDP - assume Invested Capital is $100. Business A averages a 10% ROIC and earns that every year without fail. Business B averages a 10% ROIC but earns -10% some years and +30% other years. What are these two earnings streams worth?
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