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BlueBird 6 launching tomorrow night. BlueBird 7 was en route to Cape Canaveral as of yesterday. AST Spacemobile reiterates that they are track to launch 45-60 satellites by end of 2026. Golden Dome contracts imminent.

If you plan on playing with options, I would advise to purchase calls at least 1 year out and ITM or slightly OTM. While I believe that ASTS will more than double in 2026, macro events can kill the premium on short-dated calls. If anyone followed the NBIS thread the last 3-5 months, they got decimated because they were purchasing calls with expiratory dates less than 3 months out, which is insane.

I believe ASTS will reach $120-130 by late January, retrace to $95-100, then head back to $140-150 by May. This is speculation based on previous waves and retraces ASTS has seen since July.

My vision is fine. I do not wear glasses or prisms.

Just got the email. Their lasagna is my favorite dish in the city. I live in Lafayette, so doubt I can make it in time for one more meal.

Should I reconsider traveling to Paris in early June? Wife and I bought tickets to see a piano concert June 2. We never been. Was going to stay for 4-5 nights. I went back to some threads 2-3 years ago asking this same question about safety/enjoyability and all the responses said Paris is what you make out of it and travelers have no remorse (this is 2022-2023).

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I tabulated a little over 250k spent. Well worth it, in my opinion.

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2 years ago, I figured it would cost us approximately $430k in our lifetime to send our 4 kids to private school K-12. That was based on tuition costs 2 years ago.

I think that figure is now $500K and only going to grow.

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My reply would be 100% ASTS $70 calls expiring Jan 2028, but that's not financially responsible, lol.

As far as the $1M, this would be my scenario and how I'm kind of setup to an extent.

$300K VOO
$200K VGT
$100K SCHD with dividends reinvesting
$100K ASTS
$50K KO
$50K MO
$50K NBIS or AMD or NVDA
$50K VDC (consumer staples)
$50K VHT (healthcare)
$50K VDE (energy)

Top heavy in VOO and VGT with exposure in different sectors for market downturns. Can play with KO/MO/SCHD if you want to use DRIP or cash for dividend payout. ASTS and NBIS are your speculative/lotto plays.

He has that Nick Saban tan/glow to him. Saban was 49 years old when he started at LSU. Kiffin is 50. Just sayin’.

This is insane. I have a young family of 6. Grew up in Nola, but currently live in Lafayette. Still have a bunch of family in Nola, so we are in the area often. Purchased a family plus membership last year for $260. I think we went to the Zoo 3 times (maybe 4) and the aquarium once, so the membership was worth it to me.

I don’t think I’m paying $500 this year. I’m not sure what percentage of families outside of Nola (BR, Lafayette, Houma, Northshore, etc) purchase memberships, but I bet that number is going to drop significantly this year.

Saw it today with my kids. Animation is superb. So is the audio. Wholesome movie. There were many easter eggs throughout the movie that parents/adults will pick up on.