A Post About Steve

Rather than having a monomaniac fixation on one or two subjects, Steve is well-read, his blog serving as a platform to showcase his broad repertoire of knowledge – from sports, to movies, to history, and books (particularity, his fondness of Robert Heinlein, Hunter S. Thomson and Tom Wolfe) – to his tens of thousands of… Continue reading A Post About Steve

Our STEM Nobility

From Fortune: Here’s why female engineers are posting pictures of themselves on social media Everyone is obsessed with STEM, particularity with females in STEM. Would Fortune do a cover article about ‘this is what a female hair stylist looks like?’ no. A STEM degree, particularly in mathematics, physics, computer science, or engineering is the cachet… Continue reading Our STEM Nobility

Reiterate: Buy the dip

Reiterate: Buy the dip The market keeps falling even though the fundamentals of the US economy aren’t worsening. Right now, the major indexes are close to the lows made in August during the beginning of the sell-off. (click to enlarge) The recent selling bears a strong resemblance to prior selling in 2014 and in 2011.… Continue reading Reiterate: Buy the dip

Is James Altucher Right About Never Buying a Home?

James Altucher really doesn’t like home ownership, but repeating an argument ad nauseam doesn’t make it good advice. James had a negative experience with real estate due to bad dotcom investments, in addition to 911, which forced him to sell his newly purchased expensive New York apartment at a loss, not because of New York… Continue reading Is James Altucher Right About Never Buying a Home?

China and The Liberal War on Success

Why does the crisis-seeking left want the economy of China to fail? Simple, because: In the late 70’s, China rejected Maoism and the Cultural Revolution, becoming a ‘Communism in name only’ type country, allowing for the proliferation of thousands of successful companies, eventually becoming the second largest economy in the world, with many billionaires and… Continue reading China and The Liberal War on Success

Bailouts, Obama, and Debt

From Christopher Cant-think-well: And Then The Market Crashed Anyway He writes: You might recall that incident, when George W. Bush said he had “abandoned free market principles to save the free market system,” don’t you? Lotta good that did. Last time I checked, it may have done a lot of good. The S&P 500 has… Continue reading Bailouts, Obama, and Debt

China’s investors find safe haven in American real estate

From Yahoo finance: China’s investors find safe haven in American real estate Commercial real estate isn’t the only type of property seeing large inflows of Chinese money. The country’s investors have also been active in the residential realty. They bought $28.6 billion in American residences, accounting for 28% of all foreign purchases by dollar volume,… Continue reading China’s investors find safe haven in American real estate

Buy Stocks or Real Estate Instead of Paying Down Student Loan Debt

From Mike ‘the lawyer’ Cernovich: I currently have a relatively large mount of unpaid student loans. My student loan interest rate on the outstanding balance of the two loans is at 2.2% and 3.65%, respectively. I pay the interest only, as the difference between my student loan interest rate and market returns are substantial. (Why… Continue reading Buy Stocks or Real Estate Instead of Paying Down Student Loan Debt

Anita Sarkeesian Supports Classroom Segregation

From Michael Cernovich’s Twitter (and from his blog, Crime and Federalism): Should Classrooms Be Segregated by Race, Gender, As Anita Sarkeesian Suggests. #GamerGate http://t.co/ldYWhRGI52 pic.twitter.com/I272Q1Waqj — Mike Cernovich (@Cernovich) May 23, 2015 I’m amazed she hasn’t deleted her tweet suggesting that segregating classrooms by race and gender could improve learning. HBD-based solutions are never allowed… Continue reading Anita Sarkeesian Supports Classroom Segregation