A blog about things I find useful
The 2023 version of FreeTaxUSA is now live: https://www.freetaxusa.com/ Usual disclaimer: the website’s name makes it sounds like a horrible scam. But it is my favorite tax filing site, found through my favorite resource on the planet for all things personal finance: the Bogleheads forum. How do I use FreeTaxUSA? In November, I take 30 … Read more
Another month, another update. A few random comments. Good Reads/Listens/Watches Musk’s biography (link). I’m about 1/3 of the way through it. It’s pretty entertaining. A few things I’ve found interesting to far: Musk’s reluctance to “take chips off the table,” but rather doubling down on downstream bets. This repeated “doubling down” seemed destined to make … Read more
*** Edit 10/6/2023 **** Since publishing this post, Tesla has dropped the MSRP most trims of their Model 3 and Y by $2k. They also reduced the referral bonus from $500 to $250. *** Original Post *** I discovered my favorite musician, Ben Rector, a few years ago. My wife recently shared with … Read more
Another month, another update. A few random comments. Good Reads/Listens/Watches Beau Miles tries his hand at replicating the Seinfeld (Kramer) aluminum can redemption arbitrage (link). His other videos are astounding (link). Mediocre Amateurs continue to inspire me (link). Dolomites 1 + Dolomites 2. Kilimanjaro + Mount Meru. Clipping Chains interviews the White Coat Investor (link). … Read more
Another month, another update. A few random comments. Good Reads/Listens/Watches I really liked the Quarterback series, but I’m a sucker for sports documentaries (link). It’s hard not to like Kirk Cousins after watching that show. Relatedly, I learned about Hard Knocks this month. It is also pretty entertaining (link). Life School started again for … Read more
Another month, another update. A few random comments. Good Reads/Listens/Watches Steve Levitt (re)interviews Sal Khan on People I Mostly Admire (link). Guy Raz interviews Sal Khan on How I Built This (link). The Finance Buff on: Using Fidelity as a bank (link). I’m still a fan of using the Fidelity brokerage account as my primary … Read more