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“Performance comes, performance goes, fees never falter.”
- Warren Buffett
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The Bet That Proved Passive (Index) Investing is Superior to Active Management
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In a 2005 letter to the shareholders of his company wrote that active management professionals (hedge fund managers) not outperform individuals who used a passive (index) investing strategy over a ten-year period. To prove his sincerity in this belief he offered $500,000 (for charity) to anyone w...
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Buffett acknowledged a lesson learned from an interesting plot twist over the course of the bet.
· At the outset of the wager, Buffett and Seides bought about $300,000 worth U.S. Treasury bonds, widely considered a safe investment.
· The expectation was that the bonds wo...
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· "Bonds had become a dumb -- a really dumb -- investment compared to American equities" or stock, he said.
· So, in 2012, Buffett and Seides dumped their Treasury bonds and used the money to buy B-class shares of Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway (BRKB).
· By the end ...
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John Clifton "Jack" Bogle (May 8, 1929 – January 16, 2019) was an American investor, business magnate, and philanthropist. He was the founder and chief executive of The Vanguard Group, and is credited with creating the first index fund. An avid investor and money manager himself, he preached inve...
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Attempting get rich schemes may very well lead to going broke quickly. Trying to get rich quick is gambling it is not investing.
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Using analogies help us to communicate effectively. For example, Warren Buffett noted "You never know who’s swimming naked until the tide goes out,” meaning when times are bad, hidden weaknesses are exposed.
Lack of awareness of an analogy's influence can come at a cost. The ab...
”Investing should be a permanent thing. Save, invest. Save, invest. Guessing at market tops, market bottoms – that is a complete loser’s game. I’ve never seen anyone win at it. The smartest investor in the world, Warren Buffett, would...
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