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The purpose of a hedge fund is to ‘hedge’ ie deliver alpha and not index beating returns. Obviously the fee issue is another layer.

There is IMMENSE value in having siblings, particularly later in life when you yourself have kids. Especially if they are in the same city.

That is privileged take. The things we take for granted in a 'prosperous' society- food on grocery store shelves, doctors available in the ER, plumbers to fix your plumbing, etc. e…

Have you taken a Waymo recently? I would take it over a human driver much of the time.

It’s also interesting that Thorp met a young Ken Griffin and gave him some advice/materials in starting out. I don’t think a young Ken Griffin of today would get that same access.

Because they are objectively quite a bit worse off than older generations? Education costs, housing costs, job stress, increased competition for a 'middle class life'...

So many people 'want' a correction that it's clear there is a ton of demand. Ergo, I wouldn't be too hopeful.

House prices went down in the 80s (although were still quite unaffordable). Additionally, those who bought in the 80s got the ride the gravy train of lowering rates over the decade…

It takes years to plan, get permits / financing, and build homes. It takes days/weeks to submit a bid or refinance a house.

The FED implicitly transferred trillions from poorer renters and young people to wealthy older homeowners.

If my car is on fire I sure as heck don't want to rely on an electrical door release

There are no annual fee 2% cards without any hoops. If you don't care about the other perks for Robinhood Gold, the break even would be $50/.01 = $5000 of spend.

Financial advisors generally charge a flat management fee (for example 1% of AUM). Hedge funds generally charge a management fee plus a performance fee. This is why hedge funds and…

People will just start really like the idea of having children and will consciously do so