Opening
Rain
Guitar:
- W - W - H - W - W - W - H.
- C major all full notes, no minor or sharp. D has two sharps.
- So pachobel in D has C# and F#
Markets
Netflix
- $1008 ($1011). $500b. Up 80% over last year
Amazon
- $237 today (was $242). $2.5t. Up ~40% in last year.Slides.
- Meta: $712 today!! $1.8t. Up 54% over last year
Palantir
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- $107. $245b. Up 500% over last year
- Revenue up 52% YoY. That’s huge!
- Alex Karp on Earnings at 31:25 500 people job can be done with 3.
HIMS
- Up 60% in last month. Up 393% over last year. Hair and ED!
- Spotify: Stock $620. $125b. Up 34% last month. 180% in 1 year.
Tesla
FATMAANN
Up 215% in 3 years. S&P500 36%
Here’s the thing about investing: you may think you’ve missed the 10000% growth. And you may have, but there is still opportunity to identify amazing opportunities. NVIDIA. Palantir. I bought late. But still works! I’ll take 20%+ gains a year. That’s double your money in 4 years!
Tariffs:
- Inflationary by nature?
- If monetary supply is fixed how can it be inflationary.
- Money will shift to other purchases or sources.
- Milton Friedman on inflation
- Oil Exports from Canada. - Agree or disagree will learn something.
- 97% of Canada oil export is to US. US purca
- They can’t refine it. Its “Raw”. Super sour.
- 49.43. Bill on Tariffs for negotiation.
DOGE
- Budget deficit ~$2 trillion in 2024.
- Debt has increased. $10t in 2008, prior to GFC. Now 36t.
- 15% of budget is INTEREST.
Sunshine is the best disinfectant! We need absolute transparency.
DOGE Website:
DOGE and USAID (US Agency for International Development).
Spends $50b per year on foreign aid.
- All spending by Govt should be line item.
Headline: Elon shutting down USAID
- No. He is a hired (non-paid) consultant. No different than Mckinsy, BCG, etc… and all politicians and organizations use them.
- Trump clearly said all decisions are his!
Findings:
- I $8m (updated to $34m to Politico thru USAID)
- Numerous invoices posted.
- Receipts showing ~$35k per subscription. I pay $500 or so for WSJ.
Access to Treasury Payments
Let’s see the Epstien Island list!!
In short: Let’s give all this some time and wait and see.

