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[Walt]

our coarse “fuck you” money is scatological, indicating being raised in a barn.

"Fuck you" is sexual, not scatological. In this usage, it is not even sexual. If I say "fuck you" to my manager, it is not an actual invitation to have sex. "Eat shit and die" would be scatological, because it references excrement.

"Fuck you money" is a common term in business and finance for financial independence. I guess working people are rougher than Earl would like. Maybe it is for the best that Earl hides his delicate ears from working people.

When you search for "fuck you money" on Wikipedia, you get "Financial independence (Redirected from Fuck-you-money)"

 

[Walt]

I was never fired

You have lived a pampered life.

No, I do not get your hazy point.

Yes, because you have lived a pampered life. Better hope that never falls apart. I can survive good times and bad times. It sounds like you are only fit for good times.

 

[Walt]

No, many engineers are not finance people.

Almost all the quants are engineers, mathematicians, or the like. A surprising number of the rest are engineers. Knowing how to do diffy Q's is amazingly important when it comes to analyzing an asset.

To have read Thurber in one of your required lit classes, there must have been quite a few lit classes. A stock analyst would need a lot more understanding of math than lit.

 

[Tbird19482]

Looks like the market is watching what the fed decides to do, so far to day they are playing it on the safe side.