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The car purchase wasn't super wise, but I had gone through a succession of lemons, with the final one, literally exploding at my first interview after law school. 18670782_10155157342470498_8534099370497

 

The correct reaction of the interviewer: "You drove THAT to get to the interview?!? You're hired!!!"

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High fives, Mike. I'm in on Disney, Netflix, and Amazon. Amazon and Netflix in particular.   Patience is really the key with the market, IMO. I sat on a stagnant Amazon around $300 per share for over

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I tend to side with Mike but could see selling too. Heard this market described as a "hated rally." The real question to me is what do you mean you're not working? TD just had 100,000 page views and d

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Several fund managers are high on it.

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The correct reaction of the interviewer: "You drove THAT to get to the interview?!? You're hired!!!"

I did get hired that day, but they're reaction when I called saying I was late was pretty incredulous to the point where they came out to the parking lot to check it out. A horrible day, but with a happy ending.

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I haven’t gotten around to the CarPlay update yet but plan to do it at some point.

 

It's so pricey....I know that at one point my son found a download you could install to allow you to use the touchscreen when the car was moving.......also, the radio controls are the worst. Is there any other system where you can't push a button for a particular radio station, with a list of 5 or more on the screen or buttons? 

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It's so pricey....I know that at one point my son found a download you could install to allow you to use the touchscreen when the car was moving.......also, the radio controls are the worst. Is there any other system where you can't push a button for a particular radio station, with a list of 5 or more on the screen or buttons? 

I don't dislike the lack of a touchscreen; if anything, I prefer it. Mazda put the display on the dash to increase visibility while driving and reduce eye focus time. As a result, the display is awkwardly placed for touchscreen use. I find the control knob to be quite good and use the favorites button to jump to the desired radio station.

 

Really, most of my problems with the system boil down to its lack of Carplay and Android Auto. Not in love with Mazda charging so much to retrofit the system but that's because they cheaped out on USB ports. Carplay requires a higher voltage port than Mazda puts in most of their vehicles. Overall, considering how upscale Mazda's interiors are to the competition, it's a sacrifice I understand, even if I don't care for it. To keep a price point, they needed to skimp somewhere.

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What do you tech folks know of Slack?

It's used at tons of companies. Our company uses it as an easy way to chat, send docs, and collaborate with different teams.

 

I have no idea how they price their services and other revenue opportunities they can pursue.

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Who's jumping on for the ride? I'm hopping on right away.

I decided I'd pass on Uber and Lyft. Partly b/c I'm stashing money for our IRA contributions* but I'm just a bit stock heavy and I probably should hoard cash for a while. I'll probably regret that.

 

*I realize I could buy uber for my IRA.

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I decided I'd pass on Uber and Lyft. Partly b/c I'm stashing money for our IRA contributions* but I'm just a bit stock heavy and I probably should hoard cash for a while. I'll probably regret that.

 

*I realize I could buy uber for my IRA.

I get it... I'm at a different point in life. Riding the high risk/high reward investment strategy. I'd say less than 2% is actual cash. Though if I ever end up buying a house I'll have to change the strategy and sell stock to get cash for a down payment.

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I get it... I'm at a different point in life. Riding the high risk/high reward investment strategy. I'd say less than 2% is actual cash. Though if I ever end up buying a house I'll have to change the strategy and sell stock to get cash for a down payment.

 

Hell, I'm 55 and I'm still all in on stocks and retirement savings.....we have little cash. Yes, we sold stock to buy our house, but we could not have done that if we had not been all in on stocks the last decade. 

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Hell, I'm 55 and I'm still all in on stocks and retirement savings.....we have little cash. Yes, we sold stock to buy our house, but we could not have done that if we had not been all in on stocks the last decade. 

Well, right now we're probably 95% stock/index funds and I really want to raise the cash part. We'll move around some of that cash so we both can add 6k to our IRA but then we'll have even less cash in our investment account ... so, I don't think we'll do even a small buy until fall.

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Disney streaming services are going to be huge. We own some Disney and my wife and I were talking about buying more into our IRAs. We waited and now Disney is up over 10% today.

If you are really a believer, ten percent is nothing.... And you should still buy, not that this is financial advice....

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Disney streaming services are going to be huge. We own some Disney and my wife and I were talking about buying more into our IRAs. We waited and now Disney is up over 10% today.

Netflix finally has legit competition... I'll be curious to see how they respond. Disney is starting at a lower price point already... $6.99 a month I believe.

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What are they expecting to open at? When are they going public?

They're doing a roadshow prior to the IPO being released to the public. It'll be available in May. Not sure what they're starting at. Probably something similar to Lyft, if not more.

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I'm late to the party, but I'm jumping in on Disney tomorrow morning prior to Wednesday's earnings report. 2019 is going to be all Disney.  Their movie lineup might have 4, 1 billion dollar makers.

 

With that said, I really like Sonos products. I think their Ikea collaboration is going to be a big hit for the company.  I'm going to make a smaller trade on them too.

 

Outside of a quick hit with Nintendo a couple years ago, my portfolio is invested in biotech/pharma - UNH being my strongest holding.  I'm going to try to diversify a bit here now.

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