Episode notes
Busy Can Get Expensive
Luna 2 hit the Moon on this date in 1959, and Wade wants to know why
smashing the expensive thing counts as winning. Same year, Volvo gave
away Nils Bohlin's three-point seat belt — and the brothers argue about
which kind of engineering we actually bother to admire.
Then: a losing week that ended cheerfully, and what August inflation
did and didn't show. More homes for sale and fewer sales closing — Wade
runs the mortgage math on why the payment, not the listing count,
decides who gets to use their bargaining power. Amazon's Qualcomm
warrant and the difference between a $60 billion ceiling and $60
billion of revenue. Oracle's $664 billion backlog against negative free
cash flow. Adobe's freemium bet. Copart buys ACV, and who answers the
phone when the condition report missed something expensive.
The Reckoning: Wade loses Micron. Boujie wins August CPI by exactly
one-tenth of nothing.
Also: Seattle wins the opener without its quarterback, Shelton reaches
his first Grand Slam final, Milwaukee clinches, and Liverpool are
unbeaten in the least convincing way available. Plus Yemen, a $5,000
campaign promise with no funding attached, 25 years since September
11th, two federal court rulings, and Britain's assisted-dying vote.
Nothing here is financial advice.
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