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Larry T. Spider

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  1. I’m not that sophisticated of an investor, but this is my strategy. I hold most of my big dividend paying stocks in an IRA so that I don’t have to deal with taxes on those payments each year. I put my low dividend, high growth potential stocks in my taxable brokerage account. I’m typically a buy and hold investor so I’m not dealing with the short term tax rate. This gives me more flexibility because I have more control over when I pay the tax man vs dividends that are going to come when they come. For example, I can sell a big winner when I have something benefiting my tax situation going on with a rental property. Is this smart? Who the hell knows but it’s been working for me.
  2. We started the year at about 37.5% full and are currently sitting at 43.9%. Managed to avoid disaster but also didn’t make any real progress. Always feels like a game of Russian roulette when we start the year below 50%. One dry spring followed by a normal summer and we could easily be less than 30%.
  3. My Nike pick certainly sucked. Doubled up at $74. Just get back to $100!
  4. El Dorado is amazing but not exactly hurting for business. I have to go during off peak hours to even get in. Great food though!
  5. With the continued takeover by McGuire Moorman and the like, I wanted to start a thread of independently owned or family restaurants worth visiting. With Austin rent prices and inflation hitting customers, I’m sure they will take all the help that they can get. Suggestions can be anywhere in the area, any type of food, and any budget. Just not chains or larger restaurant groups. Hoping to discover some hidden gems and help some hard working people out in the process. Post what you got and let us know if you try any of the spots people name.
  6. My theory is simple. Trump put up somebody that’s unpopular with many in his own party. It’s a loyalty test.
  7. What if the person doing the harm is also special needs?
  8. Nope. The district was not able to get their facility that will house the program ready by start of school this year. We are still on track to open in fall 2025. I have another program starting in the next couple of months that is smaller, but if they both happen, I’ll be over quota without any other deals. Our fiscal year starts/ends September 1st so plenty of time to add some backup possibilities. My gut feeling is pretty good but it doesn’t take much for these deals to fall apart. So many moving pieces and usually a 6-18 month sales cycle.
  9. I know quite a few blue collar Hispanics that love him for all the shit talking and bravado. They also like WWE rasslin.
  10. I thought Harris was pretty good but this was trumps “Biden debate moment”. He’s always been an idiot but go back to his debate with HRC. He was a lot sharper in his own weird way back then. All he has left is scare tactics. World war 3, illegals raping your mom and eating your pets, Marxism, etc. It will certainly work for his base but he’s not picking up any new voters.
  11. I fly about twice a month and rarely have issues. I left my house in round rock and was at my gate in under an hour last time. Sometimes the pre check line is long but it moves.
  12. I’m in western RR. We got about 5 good minutes. More than my wife can say.
  13. The hotel is also in massive debt. This isn’t going to help.
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