My wife mentioned a nice private school over dinner this week
She said the campus was beautiful
I asked what's the tuition
She said we should look at it as an investment in him not a cost
I made a note
She said don't make a note
I said I always make notes
She said this isn't a deal
I said everything is a deal
She closed her eyes
She said we'd discuss it Saturday
I agreed
Saturday 7:02am
She came downstairs in her Saturday robe
Coffee in hand
I had my cargo shorts on
The dining room had been cleared
The projector was on
The analyst was at the head of the table
Quarter zip on, three iced coffees, a legal pad, and two laptops
He had been there since 6:44am
I texted him at 11:14pm Friday
The text said dining room 6:45am bring the model
He sent a thumbs up
My wife stopped in the doorway
She said what is this
I said you said you wanted to discuss it
She said this is not a discussion
I did not respond
She sat down anyway
The analyst stood
He said good morning ma'am
She did not respond
He sat back down
A printed deck in front of each seat
A fourth copy in case
Slide 1 Tuition Schedule
$38,500 per year
Thirteen years
$500,500 nominal
Before escalators
The school has raised tuition 4.2% per year for a decade
With escalators $648,000
My wife said okay
I said I'm not done
Slide 2 Opportunity Cost
Even before escalators
$38,500 invested annually
10% nominal return
S&P long-run average since 1928
By his eighteenth birthday $944,000
My wife said we can afford it
I said I know that's not the slide
Slide 3 Terminal Value at Age 65
$83 million
She was quiet
The analyst slid the sensitivity tables across the table
8% return $31 million
10% return $83 million
12% return $222 million
She did not look
She said this isn't about money
I said it's always about money
She said no it isn't
I said then what is it about
She did not answer
She said you can't put a dollar value on his teachers his classmates his environment
I said I can the analyst already did slide 6
He flipped to slide 6
She did not look
She said the school is the best in the city
I said best is a feeling
She said it produces the best students
I said the students were already the best before they got there
She said our son deserves it
I said our son deserves $83 million
My son walked in
He is five
Dinosaur pajamas
He looked at the projector
He looked at the open deck on the table
He looked at slide 3
He said are we modeling pre-tax or after-tax
The analyst opened a new tab
My wife looked at the ceiling
He said what's the discount rate
The analyst set down his pen
She closed her eyes
He said is this the same return assumption from the 529 conversation
The analyst stopped typing
He looked at me
I did not say anything
She stood up
Sat back down
He said dad can I help
I said yes
He pulled up a chair
The analyst handed him a printout
He started reading
My wife watched him read
She watched him for a long time
She said his name
He looked up
She said do you like school
He said the work is too easy and the kids don't ask questions
She did not respond
She looked at the ceiling
She walked out of the room
The analyst started packing up
He said should I follow up Monday sir
I said no follow up needed
He'll be fine
Sent from my iPhone
Two gloves.
Iron headcovers.
Pink Castle tees.
A 7-year-old driver.
A 5-hybrid.
Ecco shoes.
YouTube coaches.
No, not that 60-year-old bloke at your club.
Aaron Rai, major champion. 👏🏴🏆
🏌️🏆 PGA Championship winner, Aaron Rai on why he uses iron covers: “I grew up in very much a working-class family, and golf has always been a very expensive game. I started from the age of 4 years old, and my dad used to pay for the equipment, pay for my memberships, my entry fees. And it wasn't money that we really had, to be honest, but he'd always buy me the best clubs.
When I was about seven or eight years old, (my dad) bought me a set of Titleist 690 MBs, and they were like 800-1,000 pounds back then, just for a set of clubs for a kid. I cherished them. When we used to go out and practice, he used to clean every single groove afterward with a pin and with baby oil.
Although on the PGA Tour, we get given equipment, and we get given everything that we need, it's more out of principle. The value of not losing perspective of what I have and where I am. The covers are going to stay, I'm sorry."
🚨 JUST NOW: ELON MUSK spotted walking behind President Trump after they stepped off Air Force One in Beijing
@ElonMusk right next to @EricTrump and Jensen Huang! 🔥
The dream team, crushing it abroad 🇺🇸
This is absolutely insane.
President Trump is currently flying to China with all of the following people to request "deals" with China's President Xi:
1. Elon Musk, Tesla and SpaceX CEO
2. Jensen Huang, Nvidia CEO
3. Tim Cook, Apple CEO
4. Larry Fink, BlackRock CEO
5. Stephen Schwarzman, Blackstone CEO
6. Kelly Ortberg, Boeing CEO
7. Brian Sikes, Cargill CEO
8. Jane Fraser, Citigroup CEO
9. Larry Culp, General Electric CEO
10. David Solomon, Goldman Sachs CEO
11. Sanjay Mehrotra, Micron CEO
12. Cristiano Amon, Qualcomm CEO
President Trump also says there are "many other" CEOs joining him on the trip who have not yet been disclosed.
Never in history has such a trip even remotely near this scale and caliber occurred.
This Trump-Xi meeting is far bigger than most realize.
Full list of business executives joining President Trump on trip to China:
• Jane Fraser (Citi)
• Tim Cook (Apple)
• Elon Musk (Tesla)
• Brian Sikes (Cargill)
• Larry Fink (Blackrock)
• Kelly Ortberg (Boeing)
• Ryan McInerney (Visa)
• Chuck Robbins (Cisco)
• Jacob Thaysen (Illumina)
• Jim Anderson (Coherent)
• Sanjay Mehrotra (Micron)
• Christiano Amon (Qualcomm)
• Michael Miebach (Mastercard)
• Dina Powell McCormick (Meta)
• David Solomon (Goldman Sachs)
• H Lawrence Culp (GE Aerospace)
• Stephen Schwarzman (Blackstone)
Ben Pasternak responds to Evelyn Ha accusations
“I have never str-ngled anyone in my entire life. I’m not physically aggressive, most people would describe me as super gentle”
“The truth is Evelyn was abusive to me for pretty much the whole relationship. I’ve spoken to multiple of her former partners and they all had basically the exact same experience as me”
“She was physical with me and this was an open secret among her sisters and my friends… We had a couples therapist who was fully aware that Evelyn was physically abusive multiple times.
“There’s a lot of documentation of this, there’s a medical report. This is the same experience her other partners have had and they also have it fully documented, they have letters of her admitting to doing it, photos of injuries…”
“It’s all there and it’s not going anywhere except to court”
The AFL has backflipped. The ARC will now no longer be able to stop play once a ball returns into motion - like the Rowan Marshall call yesterday.
They say that Marshall did mark it but the ARC too long to intervene.
But say that Griffin Logue DID touch the ball
@7NewsMelbourne
🚨 A Gunman running with a shotgun, gun and multiple knives… How can they let him run by them so fast. All those security people and this happens. This was either the worst security or set up.
Never heard of a president being inside of a public building where there wasn't a security perimeter on the EXTERIOR of the building
🔔 He really wants that ballroom built.