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[@isaacgibbs5832]

I love it when Rudy makes content like this, it's real and it's non partisan, everyone experiences this in some way or another and sure some have more of a leg up than others, but in the end none of us get out of this thing we call life, alive. Which is humbling and terrifying all at the same time, all you can do is try and make the best decisions at the time at which you make them and always move forward.

[@GiornoGiovana1]

Yeah, its nice having someone to tell it to you straight with no filter or sugar-coated. In other words, Rudy keeps it real

[@Ghostontherun]

You can't get out alive? Ah fuck I was hoping you could

[@jimoelfke5801]

Videos like this really are the greatest

[@heithk2747]

Not really into Magic anymore, but I remain subscribed solely for the pink visor vids. I've learned so much about my financial future from your advice Rudy. Appreciate all the content

[@TheFlynnTaggart]

I literally stay subscribed just for the pink visor, when Covid first hit I started playing arena and watching Rudy and Rudy taught me more than anyone else including Dave Ramsey on finance. Will never unsub even though I’m back off the magic train

[@ozmond]

You should play it’s the best game ever made

[@rajeshupadhyay5683]

Well said! I am also looking for a more smart way on investment, any idea here

[@ericalorraine7943]

@@rajeshupadhyay5683 Look up Christine Lynn Saitta, she's our real investment prodigy and has also helped me handled my trades for over 9 months now

[@ketoswilly7581]

Surprised someone here also employ madam Christine's services. She has been managing my investment so well and my weekly return are mind blowing

[@cardboard668]

They forget what the taco tastes like - great Rudy quotes of our time ....

[@poofypeanut0221]

It’ll be a sad day when Rudy retires KZbin

[@ryanstucke7811]

😢

[@RadicalizeLeft]

For real

[@59thsurvivorofvhs]

No I refuse to believe, and yes I still leave milk and cookies for Santa

[@Sloopdoop]

These are genuinely my favourite Rudy videos. I have learned so much valuable information from this man

[@jamesrainmusic4977]

Your videos are genuinely my favorite videos

[@blaze556922]

As someone who grew up without a dad... I have learned a lot from Rudy. No joke... Thanks man

[@LifeWasGood]

Same. No dad. Ex-atheist of 25+ years Found the Dad we all need. But Rudy is a great big bro

[@draz9054]

As someone that messed up a lot of their 20's thank you for this Video Rudy. Seriously. I thought I had really screwed up. I am 35 now, about to buy my first home. I have a really good job now and been investing in magic sealed for a couple years. I thought I should have been doing this in my 20's if I didn't mess up. So this made me feel a lot better.

[@carlesriberaberenguer7469]

you are in the right spot m8

[@Xxsniper-fn6zc]

Rudy is the type of person I can listen to for hours

[@user-uy3eq5hg1s]

I cheered when the pink visor came out. Thanks for making me feel less bad about not investing in my 20's.

[@snailled8453]

Never stop making these. This needs to be heard.

[@CandlepinComics]

Life Sycle can now be used when specifically talking about TCGs.

[@JDBLiveswithCardBoard]

Got to say rudy you hit the nail on the head and how the video ended was perfect for this talk. I hope people were really out there listing really thank you for these videos it keeps me going.❤

[@brandonkick]

I could write 5 books in response to this, mostly my (in my opinion) educated expansion and comments to Rudy's thoughts. Overall, I agree with everything Rudy is saying. Most people, for at least the first half of their lives... don't have a clue. And most of em don't want one, and most of em don't realize they don't have a clue either. Young, dumb and fun right? Life is about living. When you die, how many dollars you die with won't matter at all. How nice of a house you had won't matter at all. When your at the end of your life, if your in a position and a state to know it's coming, all you'll have left that really matters is the people you love and the memories you made. Your money, your assets... on your deathbed, they become nothing. Having said that, while you do need to "live while your alive", you also need to do a few things smarter. Like they say, work smarter... not harder. Finances are just one of those things. The reason most people aren't smarter about life in general when they are younger is because MOST of the people around them who do have half a clue don't try hard enough to instill that knowledge in those young, dumb and fun people. We're doing spelling tests in 7th grade when we should be learning about how the world works. I mean every high school curriculum in the world should have a "Common Sense 101" class. Learn about the dangers of credit card debt. Learn how to balance a checkbook. Learn the basics of simple target date fund 401k. Learn the power of compounding interest, and what it means in terms of starting to save for your future at 22 vs 32 vs 42. That 22 year old might not have the money the 42 year old does, but they don't need it either. They only need a fraction of it. Compounding interest. Time in the market. The other part of it is, the parents of children being born today do in my opinion have a duty that our parents didn't have or that our grand parents didn't have. The world has become a much harder place to even be a successful middle class citizen (and like Rudy... I'm talking about the US and that American dream of a house and a yard and 2.2 kids and a dog). The house my father in law bought in the late 80s for 110K would cost easily 3X that much today. For our children to be successful, I basically am planning to start that investment cycle that Rudy is talking about for my kids right now. I'm adding two additional "10 year chunks" to their time lines with my own money so that I can ensure they'll start their financial futures / investments at a good time and offset the fact that their lives are going to be harder than mine is. I'm not talking about turning my kids into trust fund babies either. I'm talking about dad throwing 5K into a plan for them now, maybe small contributions over the next 15-20 years...so that by the time they hit that first "major milestone" of 10 year increments at age 20 they will have 20K or 30K starting out. Then they can maybe put $200 a month or $300 a month into a 401k. Sets them up for really powerful, really early growth. I also plan to TEACH my kids all the things Rudy is talked about. And I simply won't let them not learn it. I don't want them to be so financially conservative that they refuse to have any fun or go anywhere or enjoy their youth... but I simply won't allow them to be well positioned with both investments started for them AND the knowledge to be financially successful. The things MOST Americans need, and MOST Americans could easily provide for themselves is a 6 month emergency fund, learning to avoid getting into bad debt / how to handle debt (credit cards in the hands of a 21 year old can be a bad time) and to start investing around 6 to 9 percent of their income into a tax advantaged retirement investment of some kind. Those are all things that a large percentage of those in their early 20's can handle with just some basic coaching and positive influence in their lives. This positions them really well for that transition into their early 30's where now they can really start to ramp up and gives them a nice safety blanket for when things go wrong. A 6 month emergency fund is all the difference in how you feel after suddenly losing your job or wrecking your car. It's freedom.

[@Invictus-Solaris]

Another Rudy Video = Another Great Day.

[@alikcd]

Discover this channel when I was 27 and it’s been 2 years since then. Love you Rudy

[@warrenvanbuskirk1337]

I am 42 and I totally agree with you! 100% Life is crazy!!

[@KyleBaran90]

These are my favorite kinds of videos, please keep making them! Long post ahead: I agree with 30 being the age where you start to figure life out. I didn't feel "mature" until 25, and didn't really "get it" until recently (I'm 32). Already knew about the VIX (and VVIX, even) and most money moving after hours, but I appreciate the insight of how low liquidity can manifest itself as the market getting the price wrong. This seems like a risky but justified way to play less attractive asset classes if you DYOR. In terms of MTG, an interesting thesis might be to look at products that are old and have a lot of supply available and then determine whether the price is justified or if the market is wrong (eg Rudy vs Weatherlight). I'm comfortable trading options. I've learned about the 30 or so different strategies, their risk profiles, and how to execute them and when to use them. I know about the greeks and pricing models and how to hedge delta-neutral positions and gamma squeezes and how IV/vega increases due to seasonality (eg ER times). I want to take advantage of LEAPS and writing CCs to farm yields, once the market settles down. Right now, that gives me an opportunity to build a position in low risk, high quality stock for a few years. (One thing I want to try is using a far- dated call as collateral against short-dated CCs. Hell, you don't even need the call, you can STO cash-secured puts and do strangles/straddles, but obviously a whipsaw in the market can destroy you, hence waiting for a healthy market) I'm happily throwing money into stocks right now, including equities, sector etfs and levered ETFs (not futures-backed ones if I can help it, I understand the ramifications of frequent rebalancing, and also how ETNs are riskier too). I want to try buying stuff like TQQQ LEAPS when the S&P 200MA/MACD looks favorable next year. Right now, I'm heavily in oil, energy, materials, and commodity stocks. The uranium sector has performed +40% on average for me since January. I have plays on leveraged oil and plan to exit that once the price picks up again (seasonality is at play here as well, increasing through the summer). For downside hedging, I have positions in UVXY to play volatility and SRTY to play downside on the Russell (since smallcaps are less likely to stand the test of time). From a macro perspective, I see bond yields starting to gently invert on eg 10Y5Y and 2Y1Y, but not the major 10Y2Y benchmark - soon, though. We just had an exit pump from the FOMC rate increase, and many businesses are over leveraged and cannot afford a rate increase. The supply chain is also screwed, with commodities being the biggest potential. Tech (and by extension FAANG and major indexes) are also primed for solid growth, AFTER the market corrects itself. There's also a quad witching on Friday (and a full moon!), which typically leads to a red week. And to think, just 2 years ago I didn't even know what an ETF was. Thanks for planting the idea for investing with your videos!

[@jhwhy28]

I believe it’s age 33-34 when our brains are ready for life. That’s the age that our skulls finally close all the way too. There’s separation and cracks/ seams through the middle of our skulls and it closes in our early 30’s. What a coincidence that it coincides with your discussion.

[@tyr1617]

One important concept in finance, investment in commodity (including collectibles) is different than digital financial securities (bonds, stocks, mutual funds). You will need to consider the storage and maintenance costs to the commodity assets, and they do not generate any returns when holding them like dividends from stock and interests from bonds. The only return you might possibly earn is the Capital gain, the difference of purchasing price and selling price, which needs exactly only market timing. That's the only thing Rudy is talking about in the video. So starting from the first day you buy the commodity investment, you begin to lose money, until you sell the investments.

[@FreneticZetetic]

"You open the mailbox, and it's a bill with a fist." Wiser words have never been spoken. For real, this is amazing and lucid insight. Thank you, Rudy.

[@abyss9316]

Having recently turned 30 I can definitely attest to this my Outlook has significantly changed in the last 12 months kind of hard to explain.......

[@EDUB9X3]

Great stuff man, stay the course and ride the waves people.

[@jimbo_slice18]

“Return to Return to Dominaria” lol. Great perspective. Gives a better understanding why it’s beneficial to Stay The Course.

[@7Alberto7]

This video is pure gold like every other video on this channel,when Rudy teach just learn..thanks Rudy...

[@cyberneticthezero]

Big Rudy always there for us

[@michaeltette7869]

I dropped out of colleg with no degree, paid my student loans, had 2 kids, paid for my wife’s way through college, managed to by a house by working insanely hard. I’m in my mid thirties and completely debt free building my dream house and took full advantage of this crazy housing market. Just keep working it gets better by saving a hundred bucks and at a time. Life is crazy good luck everyone!

[@kalman0966]

These videos help keep me grounded in tough times thank you.

[@Zaraatje20]

Epic! One of your best in my view indeed, thank you. Just sad your closing statement was cut off, would have liked to hear all of it. :)

[@7Alberto7]

What an absolute joy to see this video in my feed...my evening needed this...let's learn with Rudy! Amazing

[@Zack420]

Love the a Rudy life videos. Helps me see things in perspective and be mindful of opportunities. Reminds me that sometimes you have to go your own way because what everyone else is doing isn’t always right and they could be the ones missing out on the opportunities you see.

[@user-dm5gk7wg4x]

Just thank u Rudy.

[@dkcardboardinvestments5413]

This man is telling the truth that most younger people should listen carefully to. When I was in my 20s I thought I knew everything; buying flashy things on credit, living it up for today, getting involved in risky/gambling short-term, get rich quick investments, etc. Now that I am almost 40, when I look back at the things I have done and didn't do, I realized that I knew nothing at all and was just looking for quick thrills and the fastest path to financial success. It was only when I had my two girls and became a father that I settled down and started to reflect on who I really am. I have spent the last couple of years building positions in collectibles, cryptos, precious metals and real estate with a long term vision and mindset of building generational wealth. If only I understood what time really was at a younger age and that it is finite for all of us, I would of been in a better position that I am today. Thank you Rudy for these types of videos.

[@flacaataspotente]

Thank you so much for this video Rudy, i learned a lot for life itself, appreciate it

[@stereodark]

Oh wow, I asked today and Rudy delivered. I was really missing the pink visor!

[@jeffrobertson7203]

I am 21:56 seconds in. I live in New Zealand and God damn it Rudy you just called me out. I got a hair cut, I got a government contract job, I got the wife, the kids and the rental with the family member having a crisis after a year of unemployment due to a shitty boss. And I got investments I know I'm gonna sell the moment a life event Chuck Noris falcon punches me in the gutt. Because I have been trying to invest for the last three years and I keep selling up to fix it. love these videos bruh. I learned and am still learning more from you about money in general than my own parents could teach me ❤️

[@dummekopf]

thanks for your time rudy

[@FunGsCollections]

Thanks Rudy looking forward to the anniversary box!

[@jahsee]

Love you, buddy. Been through a couple SPY cycles on financial pause and suddenly the weird confluence of Magic, financial literacy, and surreal taco-surfer vibes drew me to this channel. After an artist's life with only reckless regard for time and equity, your beat diatribes happen to be the most tasty and appropriate food. Grateful.

[@SatoshiXSin]

Great video. That’s a great point of view.

[@davidbronkema5596]

GD Rudy, thank you! I wait weeks for the whiteboard. They have always been my favorite videos of yours. These gems always contain so much wisdom and your perspective is a rare treasure. Much love, take care.

[@ashylarry321]

This is the content I subscribe for, thanks a ton Rudy! As someone in their early 30's this video hits so true. You talking about 21-30 year old times was incredibly true. Now at 32 I'm debt free, making additions to my brokerage account and picking up MtG cards I enjoy. Appreciate your sage wisdom as ever.

[@joehenderson1]

Thank you

[@AWarWithoutVictory]

You don't even know how much I appreciate the real talk videos.

[@jorgeventura1582]

These are my favorite videos. Thanks Rudy!

[@kurtmuhr5178]

Thank you for Putting this Out Rudy, for making it clear and drawing it onto the white board. May we all prosper in that Knowledge. Have a great day everyone

[@sofieheibergplovdrup9645]

Love these videos, they have been invaluable in expanding my knowledge on investing in general, but also specifically magic (and other TCGs as well). One of the 2% and a patron -keep up the good work!

[@bluebutterfly463]

Rudy we love you so much 👑

[@NachozMan]

These are my favorite things to watch Rudy for, he has a lot of good things to hear when he talks about life.

[@demonbell8258]

Thanks Rudy!

[@snip3r196]

Favorite video series...life talks about finance.

[@Robin-ve7ck]

I had KZbin recommend me a pink Rudy visor video today, but it was three years old...I was sad it wasn’t new and I’d already seen it. But then this turns up a few hours later! It was an omen!

[@headPokemon3126]

Keep these coming, please. I need to hear this stuff. I'm 27.

[@cyberdemongenuineundead497]

lol, Rudy, this is why I love your channel so much... your positive energy and your great insight. Love your whiteboard videos, appreciate it. The part where you talk about being in your 30's and how we start to understand our mortality and that we can't go back in time hit me pretty hard...it's been the defining thought process in my mind for the last few months. 100%

[@rayserrato9519]

Thanks Rudy.

[@8scoopsvanilla]

Preach on brother

[@tonyl5676]

Informative+funny=Rudy.... Great stuff.

[@morgan2513]

Good job, Rudy. You posted the video I was looking for.

[@czarnick123]

Finally the white board video we all so justly deserve

[@chickenbonelives]

Fuck the disclaimer. Rudy is my financial advisor.

[@alikcd]

Seriously. I love you bro, not in a creepy way, but like a mentor. You’re the mentor that I’m very grateful to have. Wish I discovered you sooner, but wasn’t very big into magic, still am not, but your finance content is truly a game changer, and has already started to help me better my life. It’ll truly be a tragedy if you ever stop making videos, cause the voices in my head will constantly tell me to sell and be afraid when I shouldn’t be, and your voice is that of reason. So thank you, and please “stay the course”

[@TripsAhoy]

Always love these videos!

[@iridianramirez716]

One of the 2% 🤣. Always great to learn from you and your own story.

[@gboydroid8456]

Thanks mate. !!!!

[@sethwithay6603]

Thanks Dad.

[@kristoferphillips98]

Thanks for brightening up the ride home from work

[@Beckola44]

So true about the time line. I'm a decade past the 60 time line. My 2 sons and I enjoy buying and playing Commander. We are fortunate enough to keep sealed Magic products as well. Yes, looking back we made some mistakes but we are having fun.

[@Bob-yi6tv]

we def need "This is your life 2.0"

[@OnAnotherLeve1]

These are the best Rudy videos. It's always nice to hear him speak about important things in such a clear manner

[@spences2090]

These videos are what made me a huge fan of yours Rudy, my early 20s were a crazy roller coaster that I’m surprised I lived through. I was an opiates addict in the military at that time. My life didn’t begin to stabilize until I hit 29. Keep up the awesome work man you’re the content creator that I admire the most because you don’t pull your punches and you tell it how it truly is. Thank you!

[@Vlad-ue8vh]

Thanks

[@closetmtg8029]

Rudy your the man! Btw …Here are my takeaways and action items from this video. 1 - aliens invasion WILL unite the earth 2 - I’ll buy some of your forgotten realms product Cheers from a patron!

[@TheGrello]

These are the best kind of contents on this channel

[@animemusicvideo6417]

I started getting into collectables when I was 28 and back into magic in 2017 at 30

[@CarPimp1987]

Rudy gives me hope in mindset.

[@Addictedtocollecting01]

Got it, STAY THE COURSE, and learn to leap through time... like Rudy.

[@Timeless040]

Top Video Rudy. True AF!

[@PIXELPORTABLE]

Fantastic video as always Rudy, it's often advice, like you say, that's just simply unavailable to you because those types of people are not online shouting about it from the rooftops. They're in the basement, sweating over tacos.

[@patrickbateman69420]

This type of video is by far and away my absolute favourite Rudy content ❤ I liked the theme of "ignore the volatile short-term TCG markets, hold it for longer if you can and it'll most likely do well for you", without explicitly stating this. The discussion was great but Rudy can't physically make everyone make good decisions. You can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink.

[@VaultedLLC]

I come back to this video every once in a while for perspective. Also just shown it to my little bro and i hope it helps him see the big picture, hes still in his early twenties so time is on his side.

[@hotcoldman9793]

I love these "real" videos you make! A lot of them have genuinely helped me get my life on track! Thank you Rudy! 😃

[@mastersetmadness]

Thank you for this video!

[@goonbeam]

thanks rudy

[@StoneColdFoils]

Legendary KZbin content.

[@ggdaved4146]

So wise. Great 4am listen. I feeling 69.69% positive about today.

[@msorsher]

I want to send this video to everyone I know. Great video. Alpha investments is the best business school and life coach

[@drost47]

Honestly, your videos have turned my life around. Im turning 30 this year, and i have two houses now, 1 of which is completely paid off, i own both my cars, ive restructures my finances to be paid by my 12 CCs that dont have annual fees, most of which have cash back, and i only use the minimum of the credit cards, im not over leveraged. My wife and i both have jobs, and combined make about 120k a year. I have about 30k in stable stocks. Im not being a timmy, im just slow building.

[@mtgtinfoilthaumaturge1102]

Full art borderless gold stamped signed black and white art card basic lands from crimson vow and midnight hunt.

[@215Daniel]

Love me a good Rudy seminar.

[@mech20310]

Thanks for this video

[@coolestshibe]

bro, thanks for being real dude. love the video

[@gamescenez]

Thanks Rudy. Really appreciate those white board, real life, talks.

[@Lixeffect]

This is the best whiteboard video I’ve watched in the last 5 years I’ve been watching and why Im now a patron. Even overseas this was very poignant. I just hit 30 and the last 12 months I’ve really thought about diversification and thought it was too slow - regardless of the fact that I do have the house and the car and spent all the time trying to set up. Get the chuck Norris fist feeling like I wasted some 20s not doing some of the more crazy stuff and getting depressed about a relationship breakdown from 26-29 and the fear of starting the loop again - but even just the act of scoping that on a the graph shows how much of a blip that is; 2 magic sets? Yeah I got burned a bit on monarch but I still have it - and ’m still picking up at least a case of each FaB set just to sit on… and now I’m looking to park elsewhere and made my first major “risk” investment on instinct. It’s interesting how easy it is to look at the law of averages, and how easy you just summarised what I’ve felt recently. See you for the 6.9 year anniversary.

[@ballmode]

These are the videos I enjoy the most

[@viktorharter8]

in my 20s can confirm my life is relatively unstable however i enjoy investing in tcgs so i try and park a little money here and there. Thank you for the insight Rudy its much appreciated, hopefully my 30s are indeed more stable.

[@TyranitarStudios]

it cutted on the last minutes! I'm sure the secret of life was there! lol as an aside, 20s to 30s are really hard to put money aside, on my case, I got married, and we started to pay for our own house at 25 ( which is impressive 11 years latter I know) , but because we were on our first jobs, we didn't earned enough to have any extra money aside, we didn't even had medical care, and if anything happened to one of our cars it would be terrible for our economy, and we coundn't get sick without having to eat tuna for a couple of days to compensate, but alas, we made it somehow, and now at 36 we can start putting money aside, we now have a medical health care and hopefully we will finish paying for the house in a couple of years.

[@threefortytwo23]

Bummer! Video cut at the end on Jerry's final thought. Thanks anyway Tim. Great perspectives.

[@oljosh]

13 mins in... holy crap man, tesla witch and now socrates, bro... good shit!

[@Wiseguy150]

Good stuff Rudy. You nailed it with when I started being more serious with my money in my 30s rather than early to mid 20s. Only difference is I did invest when I was younger but I didn't want to take time to learn about stocks and bonds back then and just wanted to invest in CDs that had 3 to 5 pct apy cuz that felt safer. Little did I know that I wasted most of my younger years putting money in low risk, low yield accounts

[@euroyank860]

Fantastic !!!

[@MTGUnpacked]

The only thing I disagree with here is Rudy's statement about an alien invasion uniting humanity. Uniting humans is like herding cats!🤣

[@Addictedtocollecting01]

🤣☹️😮👽

[@djdrack4681]

It'll unite humanity. We'll unite against who we realize was the masterminds of all the BS going on: and also know the 'people' who were collaborating the whole time.

[@KyleBaran90]

Most likely, you'll get people who sell out others for personal gain.