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Posted by roberdam 3 days ago

Show HN: In a single HTML file, an app to encourage my children to invest(roberdam.com)
245 points | 431 commentspage 3
tictacttoe 3 days ago|
I wouldn’t want kids to grow up chasing a number. It’s just too reductionist. If you want them to be financially secure, teach them skills and the money will follow. TC obsession is a blight.
_ache_ 3 days ago||
How can you have a localhost reference as canonical? You should fix your jekyll configuration I guess.

<link rel="canonical" href="http://localhost:8080/en/dinversiones" />

roberdam 3 days ago|
Thanks for the tip, should be fixed now !
al_borland 3 days ago||
Am I missing something? When they went to add money, do you go back in and increase the initial investment?

Are they actually investing anything? If so, wouldn’t the app for the brokerage do this with real numbers?

roberdam 3 days ago||
They invest with “The first national bank of dad” as user loloquwowndueo pointed out, I'm their broker, no penalties when they want to make a withdrawal
ramses0 3 days ago||
I think what he's saying is: Given a balance of $50, they "earn" $5/mo. Given a balance of $200, they "earn" $10/mo (or $199*0.10 + $1*0.05). If they don't spend it, I'm assuming it's "rollover", and if they eat into their capital (eg: buy an xbox) then they feel the sting of earning less-per-month.
moffkalast 2 days ago||
> The phone is attached to the fridge and works as a panel or dashboard where my kids can see their money growing each day.

Or alternatively, your kids can see their money going up and down in value randomly, giving them constant anxiety if they're gonna lose it all while the US president uses the stock market as a pump and dump scheme.

seydor 3 days ago||
Tangentially i can't help but notice a pattern. Generation1 says "build more homes", then they build them and convince Generation2 to invest despite ever climbing real estate prices. Then the internet happens and Generation2 says "build more companies". They build them , and proceed to convince Generation3 to invest in those companies despite ever climbing stock values. Seems like these trends run in cycles
deadbabe 3 days ago||
The number one thing people fail to truly take advantage of is the triple tax advantage of HSA accounts. So powerful.

Even better is that you can save medical receipts throughout your life and withdraw all that money for any purpose in the future without paying income tax on it.

cutler 2 days ago||
Teach your kids how life is about getting something for nothing. Great parenting.
cutler 2 days ago||
"We're only making plans for Nigel" (XTC, 1979)
eps 2 days ago||
What's the native version of the opening proverb?

> What comes with the milk, leaves with the soul.

Jeremy1026 3 days ago|
Found a fun little bug. If you try to type into the date picker, and press backspace, the entire screen blanks out. (MacOS 15.0.1, Safari 18.0.1)
roberdam 3 days ago|
thanks for the bug report!
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