yes but in 20 years they will be productive member of society. there is potential right? they are the future. instead of social security for the old, we should be having social improvement for the future.
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High growth stocks with negative present earnings but big potential future earnings outlook haha.
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vs what? old people that are like sears and general electric? when it comes most are negative npv in terms of the government. but they are positive npv in terms of the economy. they become negative when they retire.
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I realize I am becoming more Sears and less Amazon every year nowadays haha. Kids stay off my dang lawn! Now Iâm gonna go yell at a cloud instead of finishing my studies for today. Because that cloud needs taken down a peg or two I see how itâs looking at me from up thereâŚ
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i am speaking solely about averages. i am sure youir background and education makes you positive npv overall. kind of like an intel. or an oracle. haha i love these comparisons though,
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Sadly I look in the mirror and see JC Penny even, some days.
It fits your (funny and great, by the way) username.
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Haha cheers. Happy Friday to everyone on AFđ
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After a week:
The vast majority of people approve of the way Biden is handling the pandemic. https://www.ipsos.com/en-us/news-polls/abc-news-biden-unity-012421
Hereâs a picture on other stuff for those who donât like to read.
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Lol heâs doing a lot of things but you know what. It feels like the same â â â â in Cali
Hope for a better year for everyone!
Trump wasnât big into reading, I think. It might be that my mind is playing tricks on me but I recall reading an article saying that Trump asked his aides to present the national security briefings in pictures or something.
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he basically asked for an executive summary. basically one sentence with a few bullet point summarizing the document.
Actually there is nothing wrong with this at all. I realize that people like to use this to say Trump was dumb and all of that (which I would not entirely object to), but this idea that things have to be complex to be smart is itself a dumb idea. Only messy minds lack the clarity of thought to simplify the message. Anything can be boiled down simpler for what that specific audience needs to know. Analysts, or staffers, or technicians who think they can plunk down a stack of papers and capture executivesâ attention are out of their minds. In the end, the most successful are not necessarily the âsmartestââŚtheyâre just the ones that can tell more intuitive stories about whatâs going on.
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yep full agreement. cut the fluff.
Youâre assuming that the pictures were simplest way to convey the message, just like you assume that my remark of trump not liking to read would mean anything more than just thatâŚthat he doesnât like to read.
Maybe I should draw you a (simple) picture so that you would be able to understand?
Yes, please, I desperately need a picture to understand your posts. Normally the writing is utter nonsense; pics would go a long way to convincing me youâre a value add around here.
I kid, I kid!! But seriously, I was off on a tangent in my response. I actually wanted simply to make that observation, with no harm intended against your original pointâŚwhatever it was. I strive for the highest purity in my thoughts and in constructing my arguments, which, as folks around here would agree, are tight AF.
Donât be mad, bro. This is a forum of opinions, thatâs why it exists.
This should be mandatory reading for anybody in B-school.
Iâve said before (although not on AF) - Most professional service providers (especially in the world of finance) donât get paid to simplify your life. They get paid to take simple problems, blow them up into complex problems, then solve the complex problems, and charge you for the complexity.
Case in point: in my business, I regularly get this: âMy other CPA told me that I should be an S-Corporation, because it saves me taxes. Youâre telling me that I should be a sole proprietor and pay extra taxes. Why should I trust you?â Answer - because that âtax savingsâ isnât free. If you go from sole-prop to S-Corp youâll have an additional 20 problems that come with being an S-Corpâall of which you can pay him to solve. Yes, youâll save $10k in tax. But youâll wind up paying $15k in compliance costs.
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