We're Gonna Get Those Bastards

We're Gonna Get Those Bastards

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The FIRE Movement
Joe Millennial spends a bit too much time on Reddit and decides to try something called The FIRE Movement. FIRE stands for Financial Independence…
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Trading For a Living
There was a point in my life when I was choked on spermatozoa and full of Ayn Rand up to my forehead, and I wanted to be a trader.
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The Best Days Are Ahead
I went to a Coast Guard retirement ceremony recently.
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DOGE
I am a fan of DOGE, and I will tell you why: my 9-year experience in the Federal government.
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Suicide
I attempted suicide in 2003.
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Nobody Works
79% of employees are disengaged at work, according to Fortune.
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Signs
My wife is a big M.
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How To Handle Failure
Earlier, I wrote an essay about how to handle success, which is vastly more interesting.
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Happy, Joyous, and Free
I watch a lot of American Idol.
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Big Swinging Dicks
We recently learned that a bond basis trader at Tudor blew up to the tune of $140 million.
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Nobody Reads
I asked one of my close friends if he read one of my Substack essays recently.
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The Curse of Understanding Finance
As I write, the bond market is throwing an unrequited hissy fit about the execrable budget negotiations surrouding the big, unlovely bill.
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