How can you be content? You realize that these kinds of politics are the reason you’re making 42k, and not, say, 72k right? The fact that you could ever be completely content with a government, no matter what party controls it, shows that you simply don’t care enough. You keep less of your own money than the people…

Oh for sure, every company has good and terrible advisors. My old office had both and I supported them all because it was my job. I just picked on EJ because in my experience in the industry, they had more guys in it “for the money” than for actually helping customers. My mom also went with an EJ guy against my…

Spare me your snide remarks, I understand how investing works. My own company stock makes up about one tenth of one percent of my portfolio and I only hold it for fun as an investment for my free money from my credit card rewards.

Or, consider this, there’s a bullshit “image” of Honda vs. FCA, and journalists and consumers won’t effing let it go.

You are literally every parent with one kid. Then when you have a second one (if you do) you’ll realize how annoying trying to strap kids in is in the doors of an SUV, and all the sudden you’ll fall in love with minivans. I’ve seen it happen a million times. Lots of people want, and have, these cars.

Think about the average person driving this car. Most of them don’t even know what a transmission does. And you want them to complain about? Do you think that Chrysler cares at all about what the readers of Jalopnik have to say about the transmission in their minivan? C’mon.

Sure, I agree, if you really NEED that growth. Tom, Dick, Harry, and Sally in their company 401k don’t really need that kind of growth, or frankly, that kind of exposure.

I have a 2% cash back (all purchases) card through Fidelity with no fee because my 401k runs through Fidelity. I either move my monthly earnings to my emergency fund, or buy stock that I like to play around with. I have about $3,000 worth of my companies stock that I haven’t personally paid a dime for. If you…

I did portfolio management for five years as a profession. When it comes to investing in the market, it’s a sham (unless you’re insanely wealthy). What a finance professional should be helping you with is things like planning proper insurance, helping you calculate necessary savings for you goals, longer term estate…

People never seem to care until you show them the compounded cost difference in 12b-1 fees between 1% and .1% over 30 years. It’s really eye opening how much that can cost you in the longer run, especially considering there is a 99.99999% chance that you’ll get no benefit from it.

Things I wish I’d learned early:

I’m from Detroit. None of the buildings are high enough for him, we don’t have that many.

We’re all technically Trumps boss, and he undermines a lot of us every day.

That doesn’t get his name written in gold on a bunch of tall buildings though. And lets be honest, all he cares about is being recognized, no matter what the cost.

It’s really something. I remember going as a kid and not appreciating it, but I’ve been every year since they brought it back, and it’s really quite impressive what kind of event they are able to put on. I’m just hoping the weather cooperates this year, because it hasn’t the last few!

I’ll be at the race in Detroit. I love that this series comes to Belle Isle, it’s always fun to watch. Hoping for no brutal truck crashes this year. :(

I guess I’m the only one who appreciates the new tech. I had an instance a few weeks ago where I looked over my shoulder for two seconds where two highways merge, and at the same time the cars in front of me all jammed on their brakes. My car beeped and slowed me down enough to where I avoided slamming into anyone. …

I clicked this article hoping for a video of it doing 230.... much disappoint.

I like it when people assume they’re smarter than scientists who actually work on these things. As if this isn’t something they’ve checked.

Metro Detroiter here, 100% agree. Michigan is full of cities that are as segregated as you can get. Detroit, Benton Harbor, Kalamazoo, Flint, etc. All places where white people and black people DO NOT mix. Detroit is slowly changing, but only as a result of gentrification. Blacks and whites still, for the most…