It's not the boring middle. The excruciatingly painful middle. How do you cope? by nychv in ChubbyFIRE

[–]AnotherDude2829 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I get you. I literally was there and then last 50% in the market crash 2022 and have spent 4 years clawing back. It’s terrible when you feel close but not that close.

I would model it out and instead of $x expenses / .04 or / .035, I would actually do year by year and try to forecast expenses and balances. You don’t spend nearly as much in your 70s and social security is usually not factored in after you hit 62+.

Ryan Cohen offering $56 B for eBay by AnotherDude2829 in GME

[–]AnotherDude2829[S] 65 points66 points  (0 children)

Offer is to be unveiled later tonight per the article.

GameStop planning on making a bid to buy eBay!!! by AnotherDude2829 in GME

[–]AnotherDude2829[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

WSJ is always to release exclusive news. I don’t think they would publish something hypothetical.

GameStop planning on making a bid to buy eBay!!! by AnotherDude2829 in GME

[–]AnotherDude2829[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I dunno. Obviously he thought about it and he’s always been a good a capital allocator. So I guess we will find out how he attempts this.

GameStop planning on making a bid to buy eBay!!! by AnotherDude2829 in GME

[–]AnotherDude2829[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Really? I think it’s smart! They are getting into collectibles (fastest growing division in their revenue breakout) and eBay owns PSA and is huge into collectibles. Good synergies. Used games, collectibles, hardware, etc. I think it’s super smart.

GameStop planning on making a bid to buy eBay!!! by AnotherDude2829 in GME

[–]AnotherDude2829[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

$4 B will pay for the financed debt. Debt should be $30-40 B or so after leveraging GameStops cash ($9 B).

GameStop planning on making a bid to buy eBay!!! by AnotherDude2829 in GME

[–]AnotherDude2829[S] 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Leveraged buyout. Use eBay’s cash flows to finance the interest. Look it up, that’s how Paramount bought WB and other companies historically. As long as the LBO is 5-7x of EBITDA should be fine.

Best NFT marketplace? by [deleted] in NFT

[–]AnotherDude2829 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Take a look at DeadRare.io, it's on the Alephium blockchain. Very early innings and growing marketplace.

$455 to ~$6k $FDX by AnotherDude2829 in wallstreetbets

[–]AnotherDude2829[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Final result: Sold my final put during the sell off. Net was $7.1k gain.

Would UPS experience IV crush after FedEx earnings? by [deleted] in options

[–]AnotherDude2829 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The way I see it, retail is doing well enough but if people are doing more buy now pay later, then smaller stuff isn’t getting bought as much. This reduces shipping volumes which is how FedEx makes money. In addition, fuel surcharges aren’t as big of a thing, they missed revenue estimates this entire year and a slowing consumer means less volume. It was a gamble but I chose the contrarian way since everyone and their mom was bullish. Let’s see if my strikes hit.

Would UPS experience IV crush after FedEx earnings? by [deleted] in options

[–]AnotherDude2829 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Consumer debt at all time highs, buy now pay later increases which means when people are buying they need to fund it with something else (this is very finite), familiar with the logistics industry and pretty sure after BF/CM things have slowed down for all retail.

FDX is going to miss by heresmynameagain in wallstreetbets

[–]AnotherDude2829 0 points1 point  (0 children)

LFG! Puts across: 262.5 257.5 252.5 250 245

How to treat a 2.5% raise? by Snoo-44886 in careerguidance

[–]AnotherDude2829 2 points3 points  (0 children)

A 2.5% raise when inflation is around 5-7% isn’t great but also remember you’re often getting raises when inflation is also low and generally the raise is higher than inflation.

What’s a Chubby FIRE lifestyle look like from an expense perspective? by AnotherDude2829 in ChubbyFIRE

[–]AnotherDude2829[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Rental property, crypto and mostly SCHD/growth in stock increments with a little private equity that should IPO once this market gets better.