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A suit.

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 

$1,500 buy-in at the local casino, will bring you back +10% EOW let's go

"If you don't have any enemies in life you have never stood up for anything" - Winston Churchill | "It's a testament to the sheer belligerence of the profession that people would rather argue about the 'risk-adjusted returns' of using inferior tooth cleaning methods." - kellycriterion
 

If he'd zelled me the money when I said it he'd be sitting on an extra cool $150 today no cap, I got the craps table on lock

"If you don't have any enemies in life you have never stood up for anything" - Winston Churchill | "It's a testament to the sheer belligerence of the profession that people would rather argue about the 'risk-adjusted returns' of using inferior tooth cleaning methods." - kellycriterion
 

Thank you for the responses given. I posted because I'm looking for gift ideas for a relative (also in banking). I like the suit/clothes idea. Hopefully a few more suggestions are provided. 

 
queensny04

I wish I could buy a car with 1k lol

You definitely could, but it probably won’t be reliable.

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 
CarsnWatches

A bike.

Agreed.  It might be a touch over the $1500 tho.

I bought a '95 900 SS/CR for $3300 in 2006.  I didn't trust myself to wrench on it though, and Ducati dealers charge an arm and a leg.  Sold it for a small net profit in 2010.  With all respect to The Good Doctor, It WAS fast enough for me.

The only difference between Asset Management and Investment Research is assets. I generally see somebody I know on TV on Bloomberg/CNBC etc. once or twice a week. This sounds cool, until I remind myself that I see somebody I know on ESPN five days a week.
 
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CarsnWatches

A bike.

Agreed.  It might be a touch over the $1500 tho.

I bought a '95 900 SS/CR for $3300 in 2006.  I didn't trust myself to wrench on it though, and Ducati dealers charge an arm and a leg.  Sold it for a small net profit in 2010.  With all respect to The Good Doctor, It WAS fast enough for me.

I think he meant a bicycle.

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 

Oh I am aware.  It's just that it constantly needs to be restarted now.  So that is kind of annoying.  The rest of the crap on the phone isn't really all that useful. 

 
PEarbitrage

Maybe buy a new iphone, the old X is getting a bit long in the tooth these days.

I have a 12 - ATT is offering $1000 off a new 15 phone, but my phone works fine and I'm not a big fan of fixing something that isn't broken.

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 

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