Recent content by dao cowboy

Paypal was a good idea. Tesla is a vanity product. SpaceX may or may not work. I have about zero faith in Silicon Valley's account of the future. I think about: Who's manufacturing textiles in India? Who's building ships in Indonesia? Who's doing construction in Thailand? The American...

So, yeah, this is an idea I've been kicking around and wanted feedback on it. I know what little I know about economics from Von Mises. So of course he likes the gold standard and doesn't like governments messing with the money supply. He also says savings are the source of all growth. Both...

Thanks for the responses. I think my model of the future is unconventional enough that I might have a shot. I don't want big bucks, I just want to make a little cash with the knowledge I've picked up. Food for thought, though.

So becoming an RIA and working on the Interactive Brokers site is sort of plan A right now. It's not a sure bet because....well, I'm a felon. My understanding is that it's still possible, but you have to wait 10 years after your felony conviction, which means it would be next winter. I have a...

I don't think there's much for the middle class in the future. There will still be people who have more power than peasants but less than the elite, but I don't think that will be measured by money. I saw a thing on the Chinese English-language news station (those guys are F(*&ing good at...

Does the US do it? How much? I don't know. Is it possible? Of course it is. Don't you pay attention to China? Will it work out? I doubt it. (three different questions)

I'm not actually like, religious about being cheap. I'm religious about value. I mean, I love single-malt scotch as much as anybody here. But I drink it for me, not to display I'm drinking it. In silicon valley these days, they have this idea: "don't chase the vanity metric" I always watch...

I don't WANT to look like I have money. I'm never going to be anywhere where I have to. I'm never going to try to impress people who care about that. I mean, yeah, I look at haute couture to get ideas. But then I take those ideas and buy them cheaper. I mean, if you haven't noticed, they...

A fit body and good hygiene make Wal-Mart look good. Trust me.

Thinking about economics isn't, like, my profession. But it's one of the ways I amuse myself. So, I really cut my teeth for this with Von Mises. I don't think Human Action is gospel. I mean, he says that markets can't exist without the police. But I've heard of, say, drug dealers. So I...

So, you know, I've been reading the Wall Street Journal and watching Bloomberg for a few years now and I've read Von Mises and all kinds of other stuff and etc.... I heard about IB's friends and family account and I'm wondering if I could get paid for recommending stocks. I want to do this...