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Rabbithole: What Do People Get Wrong About Money?

The Big Picture

During the 2000 crash, I had no 401k, and my wifes 403B was tiny. Our experiences mashed up with three different personalities and three different outlooks on money. The strangest thing I came to realize was that the market crashes and bear markets that should have mattered the least to me were most terrifying.

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Transcript: John Montgomery, Bridgeway Capital Management

The Big Picture

In addition, they’ve put up some really impressive numbers over the past 30 years, which has given them the opportunity to donate tens of millions of dollars to their favorite organizations. We don’t give exact numbers. Number one, it means our transaction costs are less, which based on your career, you know exactly.

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Transcript: Ramit Sethi

The Big Picture

SETHI: Well, everybody thought they were a genius including me in 1999, 2000. That led to the next three or four years of learning how to sell, how to create value, and not worry about selling out, but do it in a very ethical way. And they do that for 35 years tweaking numbers I go you won, you won the game. RITHOLTZ: Sure.

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2019 Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholder Meeting

Brown Advisory

Buffett praised Abel and Jain for their accomplishments and their knowledge of the businesses and work ethic, and invited questions for them as well. Buffett places a very high value on this float but won’t give a number. Omaha is a nice weekend getaway with a number of attractions in addition to the annual meeting events.

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2019 Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholder Meeting

Brown Advisory

Buffett praised Abel and Jain for their accomplishments and their knowledge of the businesses and work ethic, and invited questions for them as well. Buffett places a very high value on this float but won’t give a number. Omaha is a nice weekend getaway with a number of attractions in addition to the annual meeting events.

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Transcript: Velina Peneva, Swiss Re Chief Investment Officer

The Big Picture

Very unusual number of years in a row. I had no idea private equity was putting up those sort of numbers back then. I don’t think that, I mean, if you remember that day, people couldn’t understand the magnitude of some of the numbers that were shown on that chart. Barry Ritholtz : That’s impressive.

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March Madness: Final Four Investing Bracket 2023 

Dear Mr. Market

In other words, these investments (or “teams”) are ranked and seeded on a number of factors but one of the main drivers is how hot they recently performed within the past few months or recent year. Put another way, they don’t abide by the same ethics, standards, or even GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles) that we do.