Eight years ago, Dividend Growth Investor (DGI) asked me if I’d like to participate in the Warren Buffett bet. For those unfamiliar, in 2008 Buffett famously challenged the hedge fund industry:Can you beat the S&P 500 over a period of 10 years?Buffett won as the hedge fund got clobbered by the S&P 500.But I like fun experiments and a little … [Read more...] about Warren Buffett Bet, Year 8: Yeah Baby, Yeah!
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Is This What Will Disrupt Index Investing?
I once heard Morgan Housel say something like this:Something will eventually come along to displace index investing.The context of the comment was a discussion of Benjamin's Graham's famous book, The Intelligent Investor. Morgan mentioned that the book changed frequently because investing changed. What works now will not work forever.Will Private Equity Disrupt … [Read more...] about Is This What Will Disrupt Index Investing?
Recession? When?!??
A couple of weeks ago, I was talking to a local friend who is a building inspector. We had an interesting conversation:In my head:AHHHHHH RECESSION!!!!!!And then this came across my feed:And then I read that the Air Force and Space Force met their recruiting goals months early. Some think this is a bad sign for the economy. The thought is that when jobs are … [Read more...] about Recession? When?!??
7 Ways To Invest In SpaceX
Carl note: I offhandedly mentioned in a recent post that I had invested in SpaceX. I'm a super nerd and SpaceX sings to my engineer mind. Catching the largest flying thing ever made from a trip to space within a couple centimeters of accuracy is one of the greatest engineering achievements of humankind:Anyway, after I mentioned my SpaceX investment, emails started rolling … [Read more...] about 7 Ways To Invest In SpaceX
How I Picked Stocks
Skate to where the puck is going. - Wayne GretzkyThis is the post I never wanted to write. That's because index funds are the right choice and I don't want to give anyone bad ideas. However, people keep asking me about picking stocks. So I give you this post.Before I get into it, let's take a trip on the Wayback Machine.1998I was at my first job. Yay! I was … [Read more...] about How I Picked Stocks