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DomDangelina

David Bach wrote The Automatic Millionaire which I still love Have you seen the expanded and updated edition of this book? https://www.amazon.com/Automatic-Millionaire-Expanded-Updated-Powerful/dp/0451499085/ref=la_B000APHWYM_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1506802834&sr=1-1 I wonder if he ruined it.

DomDangelina

Which investing books did you initially think were great but were then somehow debunked, so to speak? Conversely, which investing books did you initially think were junk but were then somehow proven sound? DomDangelina: My biggest disappointment was reading "The Intelligent Asset Allocator" by Bill...

DomDangelina

In Seattle Quality (I'm a long time customer of their back country down products.) http://featheredfriends.com/down-bedding.html I just got an email with this message: The Autumn Bedding Sale Save 20% on all of our Down Comforters and Pillows during the Feathered Friends Autumn Bedding Sale Save th...

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badbreath wrote: ↑
Thu Sep 28, 2017 10:36 pm
I am going to lump sum invest $157000 from a real estate deal I just closed on. It will just go into my AA and I will forget about it.

What exactly will you be buying?

DomDangelina

Which investing books did you initially think were great but were then somehow debunked, so to speak? Conversely, which investing books did you initially think were junk but were then somehow proven sound?

DomDangelina

The Wizard wrote: ↑
Thu Sep 28, 2017 9:46 pm

If $100k fell into my lap tomorrow, would I put it all into VTSAX?
I don't think so.
No more than 60% would go to stocks, the remainder going to bonds and similar...

Would it go into those stocks tomorrow? Or would you wait until prices come down?

DomDangelina

The Intellectual Life: Its Spirit, Conditions, Methods , by A.G. Sertillanges https://www.amazon.com/Intellectual-Life-Spirit-Conditions-Methods/dp/0813206464/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1506655243&sr=8-1&keywords=The+Intellectual+Life%3A+Its+Spirit%2C+Conditions%2C+Methods https://images-na.ssl-images-...

DomDangelina

I am seriously considering purchasing a 2018 Outback to replace my 2010 Accord. It certainly fits my lifestyle of hauling big dogs around better than a sedan! I wanted to get some feedback on here from anyone who has a newer model. Thanks! Jeep Grand Cherokees are infinitely superior to any Subaru....

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Since the original post, I've learned that I'll be getting an additional $15,000 to $30,000 a year in inherited royalties and residuals. Would you just hold on to this bonus cash or invest it? By the way, since the original post I've indeed fled the increasingly dystopian hell of California. Never w...

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deltaneutral83 wrote: ↑
Thu Sep 28, 2017 4:30 pm
Not lump summing has been pretty bad the last 6 years.

Indeed. I lump summed half a million on November 9, 2016. It's working out beautifully.

DomDangelina

Interesting. It's amazing that so many are still hooked on the fakestream media.

DomDangelina

Vdare http://www.vdare.com
American Renaissance https://www.amren.com/category/commentary/

There are no better sites.

DomDangelina

In absolute terms, if the unpredictable/unthinkable were to happen it's impossible to predict what sort of prior preparation could save you. Far from it. For example, I'm absolutely certain that my large stockpile of guns and ammunition will go far in saving me and mine. What are you going to eat ....

DomDangelina

You can't afford not to slow down.

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JPH wrote: ↑
Tue Sep 26, 2017 7:07 am
In absolute terms, if the unpredictable/unthinkable were to happen it's impossible to predict what sort of prior preparation could save you.

Far from it. For example, I'm absolutely certain that my large stockpile of guns and ammunition will go far in saving me and mine.

DomDangelina

Valuethinker wrote: ↑
Tue Sep 26, 2017 4:45 am
The reality is you could only protect it as part of a well ordered (and armed) community.

I've recently fled the unbridled madness of California for just such a community. With each passing day, I'm increasingly glad I did.

DomDangelina

Makaveli wrote: ↑
Fri Sep 22, 2017 10:07 pm
This is precisely why I have a robotic rebalancing strategy. Removes bias, self-doubt, and delay tactics.

If I didn't, I know I'd be going through a similar reaction as you.

Sounds like a synonym for mindless. Must rebalancing be mindless?

DomDangelina

Influence: Science and Practice, ePub, 5th Edition Robert Cialdini has recently released a sequel to this, entitled Pre-suasion https://www.amazon.com/Pre-Suasion-Revolutionary-Way-Influence-Persuade-ebook/dp/B01C36E2YS Thank you for the recommendation. According to Amazon reviewers the new Cialdin...

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b.lock wrote: ↑
Sun Sep 10, 2017 6:01 pm
Influence: Science and Practice, ePub, 5th Edition

Robert Cialdini has recently released a sequel to this, entitled Pre-suasion https://www.amazon.com/Pre-Suasion-Revo ... B01C36E2YS

DomDangelina

True potentially life-changing books: A Guide for the Perplexed , by E.F. Schumacher Lost in the Cosmos: The Last Self-Help Book , by Walker Percy Both are of course listed in James V. Schall's great Another Sort of Learning . is Schall's also potentially life-changing? or only the first two? Defin...

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objectivefunction wrote: ↑
Tue Sep 05, 2017 9:08 am

I would have preferred that I didn't have to keep pushing them to get things done,

I had to do the same.

DomDangelina

I ended up buying a 2013 Nissan Leaf from Carvana. The process was pretty smooth except for having to have the title and registration corrected because it indicated the Leaf had a gas engine instead of an electric. I received the title in a timely manner, it was just incorrect. Carvana claimed that...

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True potentially life-changing books:

A Guide for the Perplexed, by E.F. Schumacher

Lost in the Cosmos: The Last Self-Help Book, by Walker Percy

Both are of course listed in James V. Schall's great Another Sort of Learning.

DomDangelina

1) Absorb Strunk & White Rule 17 asap: https://genius.com/William-strunk-jr-th ... -annotated

2) Study http://jlcollinsnh.com/stock-series/

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Personal Favorites: . . . [*]A People's History of the United States - Leonard Zinn [*]The Stars - H. A. Rey[/list] LOL. Both of these are on my bedside table. Maybe it's a Portland thing... Zinn's fashionable opus horribilis has been debunked. See, e.g., Zinn's influential history textbook has pro...

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Dead Man Walking wrote: ↑
Sat Aug 19, 2017 12:21 am
Did anyone think that this bull market was going to last forever?

DMW

Is it over?

DomDangelina

Hiring a lawyer for 1) a first offense DUI 2) where the only damage was a hit tree will be, financially speaking, a waste of money. However, psychologically speaking, it may be worth it if the defendant needs this crutch. But make no mistake about it: in terms of the outcome of the case, and in spit...

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MNGopher wrote: ↑
Fri Aug 18, 2017 1:53 pm

The most important thing is not to have another offense, especially in the next 10 years (preferably never). Long driving suspensions and increased jail time are a sure thing with a second offense.

Exactly.

DomDangelina

A relative of mine had a similar first time no-injury DUI a few years ago but no crashing into a tree. I was talking about the situation with a friend who is also one of the local DA's and he said if it's cut and dry and the miscreant is pleading guilty and they can conduct themselves properly in t...

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In payment of a debt of gratitude to him, I must also recommend a new book by one of my former professors which is garnering rave reviews: The Political Theory of the American Founding , by Thomas G. West Related, here's an interview of him discussing a previous book: https://www.c-span.org/video/?9...

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My dc is up on dui/oui charges for a first offense. A tree was hit with no injury to anyone. Is it worth it to spend more money on a more expensive lawyer or is this standard fees and terms from a judge that a less expensive lawyer can handle? Lawyer 1: $2000 fee upfront Lawyer 2: $6000 fee upfront...

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I'm seeing lots of articles like this: 7 signs the stock market is ready to run smack into a wall http://www.marketwatch.com/story/7-signs-the-stock-market-is-ready-to-run-smack-into-a-wall-2017-08-18 Irrational despair seems to be the disorder of the day. Or is it quite rational? Should we sell eve...

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azurekep wrote: ↑
Fri Aug 18, 2017 11:31 am

* Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon.

I'm curious though if anyone has actually read Gibbon's book.

Yes. It's of course interesting. Yet its fundamental premise was preemptively refuted, in devastating fashion, in Augustine's The City of God.

DomDangelina

Fascism: The Career of a Concept, by Paul Gottfried

The Black Book of Communism: Crimes, Terror, Repression, by Jean-Louis Panné, Andrzej Paczkowski et. al.

Witness, by Whittaker Chambers

DomDangelina

Jared Diamond's Guns, Germs, and Steel, which has been repeatedly recommended, has been debunked by Nicholas Wade's A Troublesome Inheritance.

DomDangelina

My spouse wants to eat very healthy but also has a limited diet. After taking the time to go to the grocery store today, prep the meal, cook it, do the dishes, it was over 2 hours. It got me thinking about a personal chef. Anyone have one, what were the costs and were you satisfied? The next round ...

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I also strongly recommended this golden book: Another Sort of Learning: Selected Contrary Essays on How Finally to Acquire an Education While Still in College or Anywhere Else: Containing Some Belated Advice about How to Employ Your Leisure Time When Ultimate Questions Remain Perplexing in Spite of ...

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climber2020 wrote: ↑
Thu Aug 17, 2017 8:41 pm

DomDangelina wrote: ↑
Thu Aug 17, 2017 8:31 pm
The Gulag Archipelago, by Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Abridged or unabridged?

Preferably un.

As a warmup he can absorb S's famous and devastating 1978 Harvard Commencement Speech: http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeche ... arvard.htm

DomDangelina

The Gulag Archipelago, by Alexander Solzhenitsyn

DomDangelina

We are so exhausted. An entire month of our summer, which is short to begin with, has been consumed by entertaining. Everything is out of schedule - everything. The second family visit ends tonight. They are heading home tonight. I feel like I will turn to my wife and say, "So, how are you? I haven...

DomDangelina

It's TOTALLY worth it. I've focused on my career, and foregone family, kids, marriage, girlfriend, dating, friendships, and even acquaintances. I work, from the moment I wake up and check my email from bed, to the moment I get back in bed and take one final look at email before going to sleep. I wo...

DomDangelina

I hate self-deception. Thus I try to always be brutally honest with myself at all times, always trying to sweep away the clouds of error from my vision of the sun of truth. In another thread I explained that I recently endured the barbarism of house guests behaving as barbarians (by never offering t...

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... they were our guests, but not once did anyone offer to pick up a dinner tab, contribute to the grocery costs, contribute to alcohol costs………………nothing. I’m curious how others here handle this kind of thing. I recently endured this same brand of barbarism. Because I find philistines intolerable ...

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OP: when words and actions conflict, I look to actions for the truth. You say that nothing is more important to you than family, yet both you and your husband work 60-70 hours per week. You then attempt to justify this by saying it's for a financially secure future. Yet the sacrifice of the present...

DomDangelina

I recently endured this same brand of barbarism. Because I find philistines intolerable and am in the process of cleansing them from my life to the fullest possible extent, I'll henceforth have nothing more to do with my former guests. Note that I didn't waste, and won't be wasting, any time trying...

DomDangelina

I recently endured this same brand of barbarism. Because I find philistines intolerable and am in the process of cleansing them from my life to the fullest possible extent, I'll henceforth have nothing more to do with my former guests. Note that I didn't waste, and won't be wasting, any time trying...

DomDangelina

The OP has made clear that she is not asking whether she should become a stay-at-home-mom, so I'm not sure that the responses suggesting that she do so or offering the perspective of a stay-at-home parent are helpful or on topic. Addressing this question is implicit in the topic, even explicit: not...

DomDangelina

... they were our guests, but not once did anyone offer to pick up a dinner tab, contribute to the grocery costs, contribute to alcohol costs………………nothing. I’m curious how others here handle this kind of thing. I recently endured this same brand of barbarism. Because I find philistines intolerable ...

DomDangelina

Help. Friend in biglaw (200k salary) told me today he is closing on $685k house in two weeks. Friend currently rents very nice 2br apartment for less than $2k. Friend has at least $150k in student loan debt. Would be shocked if friend is putting more than 10% down (if that). Friend's job is incredi...

DomDangelina

OP: when words and actions conflict, I look to actions for the truth. You say that nothing is more important to you than family, yet both you and your husband work 60-70 hours per week. You then attempt to justify this by saying it's for a financially secure future. Yet the sacrifice of the present ...

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