Gideon Kael

Unfiltered thoughts, mostly financial curiosities. 📈

[Gideon Kael @ItsGideonKael]

@NoContextBrits State pension clearly wasn't cutting it in this economy. Bro had to pick up the highest-risk Uber side hustle in the UK 💸🚗

[Gideon Kael @ItsGideonKael]

Genuinely curious about corporate logic here.

Companies will tell a loyal employee there is "no room in the budget for a 5% raise.

Two weeks after that employee quits, the company posts the same job for 20% more money to hire a stranger.

How does that make financial sense for any business?

[Gideon Kael @ItsGideonKael]

Genuinely curious about corporate logic here.

Companies will tell a loyal employee there is "no room in the budget for a 5% raise.

Two weeks after that employee quits, the company posts the same job for 20% more money to hire a stranger.

How does that make financial sense for any business?

[Gideon Kael @ItsGideonKael]

What is an item you refuse to cheap out on, no matter how tight your budget gets?

[Gideon Kael @ItsGideonKael]

@skumWgmi Renters pay property taxes, insurance, AND maintenance too—it's just baked into their rent. The difference is after 30 years, the homeowner gets a $500k+ asset and drops 70% of their bill, while the renter gets a rent hike.

[Gideon Kael @ItsGideonKael]

What is an item you refuse to cheap out on, no matter how tight your budget gets?

[Gideon Kael @ItsGideonKael]

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[Gideon Kael @ItsGideonKael]

@AbokwaraCHRIZ Normal friends: "Don't mind my golden retriever, he just wants to play."
Arab friends: "Don't make sudden eye contact, he hasn't had lunch yet." 😭

[Gideon Kael @ItsGideonKael]

@TheKaiPark You broke the literal only rule in the first three words 😂 No stocks! Try again—what's the physical or cash-flow play?

[Gideon Kael @ItsGideonKael]

If someone handed you $50,000 today with one rule—you can't touch the stock market or crypto—where are you putting it to make the highest return in 12 months?

[Gideon Kael @ItsGideonKael]

If you’re swimming in the ocean and accidentally cross an invisible maritime border into another country without a passport, do you get deported, arrested, or just told to swim back?

[Gideon Kael @ItsGideonKael]

What is a boring, unsexy skill or side business that quietly clears $10,000/month while everyone else is chasing saturated trends?

[Gideon Kael @ItsGideonKael]

What is a boring, unsexy skill or side business that quietly clears $10,000/month while everyone else is chasing saturated trends?

[Gideon Kael @ItsGideonKael]

@_thaandokuhle Best feeling in the world. First paycheck hits different—enjoy the win, you earned it! 🙌

[Gideon Kael @ItsGideonKael]

@sagarcasm Supply chain bottlenecks are getting out of hand. Even Nvidia can't manufacture a functional zipper.

[Gideon Kael @ItsGideonKael]

@sai0xgen Bro has a multi-trillion-dollar market cap on his shoulders and got defeated by a leather jacket zipper. Truly humbling.

[Gideon Kael @ItsGideonKael]

If an ATM malfunctions and spits out $50,000 instead of $50, and you immediately leave the country before the bank realizes, what actually happens?

[Gideon Kael @ItsGideonKael]

If you accidentally break something insanely expensive in a museum (like a $50M vase), what actually happens to you legally and financially?

[Gideon Kael @ItsGideonKael]

If you buy a house and find a fully functioning, unregistered elevator hidden behind a wall that goes three floors down into empty space, do you call a contractor, an architect, or the police first?