Rent is up 33% since January 2020, per BLS.
What share of your income goes to housing? Under 30% / 30-50% / Over 50%
Oct 31, 2008: someone with no face, no LinkedIn and no VC emailed a short PDF to a cryptography mailing list.
It's now an asset worth over a trillion dollars. 🧵
In 1984 the median US home cost 3.5x the median household income. In 2025 it cost 4.75x, per Census.
The lottery is a tax on people who can't do math. Leveraged altcoin trading is the same tax with a nicer chart.
You bought the product. Should have bought the stock.
$399 on a PS4 in 2013 → about $69,000 in AMD today.
The PS4: two generations old.
Would you have skipped the console? Not financial advice.
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POV: You invested $100/month in Nvidia since 2005.
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Update: the actuary finished his first flying-car quote. Hurricane coverage: declined. Bird strike: mandatory. Resale value: depends where it lands. Hype is free. The premium isn't.
Replying to @Polymarket
Street-legal flying cars in Florida. Somewhere a car insurance actuary just saw God.
$1,000 in Nvidia in Jan 2010 → ~$540,470 today.
S&P 500: ~$9,222.
Which one would you have picked?
Not financial advice.
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