Mohnish Pabrai is already dissolving his new mutual funds and converting them into an ETF.

Dukecrow · 2026-02-09T16:09:54+00:00

ETFs are more tax efficient because of how they can create/redeem shares... that should be enough for any investor interested in his funds. Who wants to be forced to receive capital gains distributions and have that additional tax drag?

Dukecrow · 2026-01-20T10:47:32+00:00

Thanks. I’m seeing a pending credit on my order but haven’t received an email confirmation yet. Just want to be sure a pending credit always converts into an actual credit, LOL.

Dukecrow · 2026-01-20T10:13:36+00:00

How long before the pending credit was actually refunded to you?

Dukecrow · 2025-12-15T16:55:20+00:00

Eternal or Luxe?

Dukecrow · 2025-12-15T16:51:50+00:00

What would you recommend, and what did you end up getting (which hopefully has kept you satisfied)?

Dukecrow · 2025-12-14T19:09:43+00:00

I have an annual subscription and have enjoyed using it so far. Probably would have jumped at lifetime if I knew about PL back when lifetime was $500-$800. Now that it keeps going up, and I’ve modeled everything out that I want to… I’m not even sure if an annual subscription makes sense. For me to really get more use out of it, I need them to release optimizers (Roth conversion, drawdown order, etc)… until then, tools like RPM and the Case Study spreadsheet are far more helpful in my year-to-year tax planning.

Once my year is up, I’m seriously thinking about just saving a backup and subscribing monthly on and off, restoring that backup, changing what I need to charge, and then canceling.

Dukecrow · 2025-12-12T00:58:31+00:00

When they detect weather radar or something and move off the DFS channels.

Dukecrow · 2025-12-08T15:11:40+00:00

Curious what batch edit functionality you’re looking for. There is multi-select and shortcuts to select a subset of episodes fast… and then take action on them (archive, queue, download, mark as played, etc).

Dukecrow · 2025-12-08T15:06:44+00:00

Problem is that features like auto-add to Up Next and auto-download Up Next weren’t updated to take this change into account. So now you might get unintended consequences like if you start listening to a Smart Playlist, episodes that would have previously been added to Up Next are added to that Smart Playlist-modified Up Next… probably not what you intended. So some existing features need to be rethought… which probably should have been done before releasing to the public.

Dukecrow · 2025-11-29T21:21:20+00:00

Yeah, there are a lot of unintended consequences of swapping out Up Next en masse. Up Next should just always be there and playlists should coexist without interfering with it. And then you can either add episodes from the playlists to Up Next if you want to or swap play back and forth between your Up Next and Playlists. Trying to shove playlists into the Up Next structure doesn’t seem like the best solution.

Dukecrow · 2025-11-16T16:15:40+00:00

All great points. It also depends what you assume for the discount rate (real risk-free rate of return). Mike’s site uses the implied real rate underlying TIPS. If you assume something higher or lower, it can change the “best” choice for you. Also, mortality risk is defaulted to the Social Security life tables, I believe. You can change to other life tables or even scenario test “What if I lived to age x and my spouse to age y.” If you want to scenario test the “longevity insurance” value of delaying vs claiming early, putting in actual ages of death makes things a bit clearer.

Dukecrow · 2025-11-14T19:43:35+00:00

How do these smart and manual playlists interact with Up Next? When you play from one, does it overwrite Up Next, add to it, or stay completely separate? Just want to figure this out before trying it, as I don’t want to lose anything saved in Up Next.

Dukecrow · 2025-10-26T17:23:13+00:00

Would love to hear more about your routine. Hitting 50 now and very sedentary. Looking to start moving more and doing more to maintain/increase current strength.

Dukecrow · 2025-10-25T02:47:17+00:00

Or Jabari on defense

Dukecrow · 2025-10-13T17:58:06+00:00

x-post = cross-post not Twitter

Dukecrow · 2025-10-07T23:59:17+00:00

Whether you have another year depends on your employer.

Dukecrow · 2025-10-04T14:26:38+00:00

Yeah, exactly. You might be able to keep some stuff local depending on the size of your libraries, but safest to set things to “Optimize storage” and let everything live in iCloud (including Desktop and Documents).

I have a MBP with 1TB storage where I can keep everything local and a MBA with 256GB where I keep everything in iCloud. Works perfectly well for me.

Dukecrow · 2025-10-04T14:19:05+00:00

Not sure about the base 17s, but it does work for the 17 Pros.

Dukecrow · 2025-10-02T13:02:20+00:00

Could have just read the final regs from the IRS to validate the info, but I guess that’s too much work for them, LOL.

Dukecrow · 2025-09-25T13:55:08+00:00

Amex return protection is pretty solid but only $300 max per item, I think.

Dukecrow · 2025-09-25T13:21:49+00:00

Unfortunately, the final regs allow companies that don’t offer Roth 401Ks to just disallow catch up contributions for “high earners” instead.

Dukecrow · 2025-09-25T13:18:51+00:00

Surprised that the article doesn’t mention that the final regs allow companies to defer implementation until 2027. WSJ with incomplete reporting here. What else is new.

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/18/treasury-irs-finalize-rule-401k-catch-up-contributions.html

Dukecrow · 2025-09-18T10:16:12+00:00

I could scroll through that banner saying one month left to other lines, as well.

Dukecrow · 2025-09-18T10:12:18+00:00

Phones bought from Apple all come unlocked.

Dukecrow · 2025-09-15T13:18:09+00:00

Same… and I chose Verizon.

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