Bold Prediction: President Donald J. Trump
Lets frame this up. First, we are not the original predictors, Scott Adams (Dilbert Cartoonist) and Mike Cernovich (personal friend) were the original people to make this call (Perhaps a few more we...
View ArticleNew Year Book Reviews
In our post, just a few short days ago, we suggested that readers pick up a book. This is the best alternative compared to spending a 10x premium on nightlife and paying UBER surge charges that could...
View ArticleFollow Your Skills Not Your Dreams
We tested a similar post title in a tweet “Follow the $$$ Not Your Dreams”. In short, following your dreams is usually a sure fire way to fail. The skills that a person has will unlikely match...
View ArticleThe Life.
Most people won’t make it. In fact, most won’t even come close and will fail at achieving every single one of the “Big Three”: Money, Girls and Freedom. Most people will hit thirty and make one major...
View ArticleOffice Politics… It Only Gets Worse
We wrote a quick view of office politics at the entry level and it only gets worse. Once you’re able to distinguish who “matters” from who doesn’t and correctly align your reputation with the top...
View ArticleDonald Trump Brand: Part 2
Before starting we’ll again state that we were not first to predict the rise of Trump, Scott Adams and our good friend Mike Cernovich posted on the topic much quicker than we did. We *will* however...
View ArticleNew York vs. San Francisco. Landslide for New York City.
For fun we had a twitter back and forth with our friend Sam who claims that San Francisco is far and away better than New York City. Needless to say, we disagree 1,000 fold. Comparing Man Francisco to...
View ArticleGuest Blog Post: Controlling Your Habits
This is a guest blog post from a frequent commenter under the user name “recent graduate” he may change his name in the future and has noted he will answer questions on his post. There is a reason why...
View ArticleMoney Changes Your Life
The problem with being rich is that it is relative. With our focus on single individuals, we’ll go ahead and outline a change in thought process as you inevitably move up *levels* in the game of life....
View ArticleEnd of the Road. What to Expect and How to Spot Them
When you reach your financial security levels, most people ask “what next?” Instead of answering the question, which is impossible for each person, we’ll provide a sneak peek at how your actions will...
View ArticleCalculating Individual Total Worth
We know the standard “net worth” equation. Total assets – Total Liabilities = Net worth. Unfortunately this equation makes no sense at all and should be thrown away since it does not tell you anything...
View ArticlePhysical Commodity Trading – Guest Post
***This post is courtesy of frequent commenter Houston Natural Gas Analyst*** Physical Commodity Trading 101 The physical commodities trading space is a particularly niche segment of the overall Wall...
View ArticleBook Introduction – Efficiency
We polled readers for post topics. The same items came up over and over and over again: 1) money, 2) networking, 3) opportunities in the future and 4) how to maintain a healthy social life while doing...
View ArticleSavings Rates Are Worthless and What Real Net Worth Is
All of our previous posts have focused entirely on earning. This is because there is no ceiling to the amount you can earn and there is a floor to the amount you can save. No matter what you do you’re...
View ArticleThe Future of Wall Street
For those that are in the “know” Wall Street is currently going through a major restructuring. The new issuance market (IPOs) has cooled off substantially when we compare 2016 to 2015 results and there...
View ArticleSoo… We Were Right. No Surprise!
We predicted that Donald Trump would win the presidency and here we are. Over a year ago we laid out large sums of money into online gambling websites and in addition, leading up to the election,...
View ArticleInvestment Banking Compensation 2016
We are updating compensation numbers for 2016. Excluded from this overview is investment banking analysts as the variability has not moved much. Simply put an investment banking analyst should make...
View ArticleFinancial Samurai Paid up and What We Think Trump Does
Well we recently had the chance to cash in on our Trump bet with Sam from Financial Samurai. He’s a much nicer guy than any of us and we provide some highlights although there wasn’t much to talk about...
View ArticleGoals Cause Depression
Many people have asked us to create another New Years post, but there is no reason to do so. New Years resolutions are likely the cause of depression across the United States (no there is no way to...
View ArticleCreating Focus
Regular people are watching the Super Bowl as this post is being written. We have no interest in the game since we didn’t see a good set up for blow out odds to make money (unlike the presidential...
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