DarkandStormy

First three-game win streak since Black Friday.

Boo. I prefer Staufs, Winans, Fox in the Snow, etc. over Starbucks.

http://highline.huffingtonpost.com/articles/en/lotto-winners/ Anyone here smart enough to take a look at some of the Ohio games? LOL (It's a super long read on a guy/couple who won $7.75m playing state lotteries in Michigan and then Massachusetts because of a "windfall" kicker in those games.)

http://money.cnn.com/2018/03/07/retirement/millennial-retirement-savings/index.html You're in the minority if you have money saved for retirement.

There is a new regulation that mortgage companies must take into account 1% of your overall student loan balance as the monthly payment (at minimum), regardless if that's your actual payment, when calculating your DTI ratio. Just as an FYI in case you guys were going to apply for a new mortgage together in the next 3-4 years.

^That's a really good rate, tbh. But yeah, student loans suck.

Probably looking at a 5 seed in the tourney. The Big Ten tournament timing was incredibly stupid this year. Jim Delaney sucks.

I owe $750/month on my student loans. I pay $1,100-1,500 every month. Damn millenials Did you consolidate? I've heard of some services offering lower interest rates, if that'd be helpful for you.

^The article isn't very good, imo. It notes a 4% safe withdrawal rate, which has roughly a 95% success rate throughout history ("success" being defined as the portfolio still having a value after 30 years) - http://afcpe.org/assets/pdf/vol1014.pdf Of course, it notes that least 75% of the portfolio needs to be in stocks as a hedge against inflation. But yes, as costs rise $1 million doesn't go as far as it used to. But if you have $1 million now and spend $40k/year, your portfolio should last at least 30 years if you withdraw $40k/year and then adjust only for inflation because your $1 million will generate, on average, ~7% in dividends, cap gains, and increase in nominal value. So by year 2, it'll be worth $1,030,000 (you withdrew $40k) and at 4% you could withdraw $41,200, which is a 3% increase (inflation) from the $40k in year 1. So your goal should be to get to 25x your annual expenses as soon as possible, not $1 million "at retirement."

Off-topic, but I mean....how is this not a good thing? http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2018/02/completed_testing_of_13931_rape_kits_signals_progress_unfinished_business_and_investigtions_remain.html

That is the value of the stock he holds in companies that are losing money -- billions per year. When he makes a grand proclamation, the value of the stock goes up, because the market is irrational. Tesla is a massively overvalued stock. It makes a tiny fraction of the vehicles that any of the big automakers do. Ford F-150s are highly profitable. Tesla Model 3's are not. The rest of your post doesn't matter. That's the fair market value.

http://www.dispatch.com/news/20180305/ohio-columbus-suing-to-keep-crew-sc-from-moving-to-austin

Yet he's worth almost $21 billion.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-will-make-beer-expensive-152234604.html Your beer prices will likely go up.

^Barely lasted 16 months. What a surprise...a test location in a town of less than 40,000 people and on a road chock full of McDonald's, Wendy's, Starbucks, Tim Hortons, Pizza Hut, etc. didn't work. I almost forgot Chipotle had a burger test location nearby haha.

http://www.dispatch.com/business/20180228/lees-china-kitchen-in-downtown-columbus-to-close Lee's China Kitchen at Capitol Square has closed

^Wasn't that land earmarked for "Pen West" and/or the Schottenstein Central Station towers (that fell through, I think?)? I remember someone here (or on Twitter) saying basically the land at the west end of the Arena District was either 1) already bought and earmarked for projects and/or 2) not big enough for what the Crew wants. The only other downtown spot was over near Abbott HQs I thought - it's admittedly hard to keep up with fan proposals, downtown commission proposals, etc.

^You can see it pretty clearly driving on the 70/71 split southwest of downtown.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-economy-gdp/surge-in-imports-helps-curb-u-s-economic-growth-in-fourth-quarter-idUSKCN1GC1Z1?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=Social

COTA - we're so awesome we have businesses pay for our passes.

Completely false. Trump wants to cut legal immigration in half. It's like Trumpies don't even read what Trump is proposing.

You would vote for a guy because he caught ball? Jesus. What, are you not a fan? Striking a dagger through the heart of TTUN with his catch in 2005 is all you need to know about a man's character. He has already done more for the state of Ohio than any representative already serving in office at this present time. When you ask your politician what have you done to improve the lives of Ohioans, he can point to something very tangible and real. No. He can't. Stop being obtuse. I prefer to vote for candidates based on their stances on issues and how'd they vote. On his website there is basically nothing there other than, "I hate the status quo." That tells me nothing.

There are almost no projected competitive/tight House races as of now.

You would vote for a guy because he caught ball? Jesus.

Seems he was able to keep everything hushed up.