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10 Biggest Ideas in “How NOT to Invest”

The Big Picture

The challenge in writing How NOT to Invest was organizing a large number of ideas, many of which were only loosely connected, into something coherent, understandable, and, most importantly, readable. That insight greatly simplified my task of making the book both fun to read and helpful for anyone interested in investing.

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Q&A: Your Money Map

The Big Picture

Many, if not most, investing books aim to teach people how TO invest. The book is broken down into four categories of things not to do when youre investing. The second section of your book focuses on Bad Numbers, or in other words, misleading numbers that could drive the economy, the markets and ultimately, your investments.

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Personal finance links: slowing down

Abnormal Returns

(talkingbillions.co) Frazer Rice talks with Jared Dillian about his forthcoming book "No Worries: How to Live a Stress-Free Life." humbledollar.com) Tony Isola, "Withdrawal rates are more than numbers on a spreadsheet." awealthofcommonsense.com) The math on downsizing your house isn't working as well these days.

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Avoid the Unforced Investment Errors Even Billionaires Make

The Big Picture

I filled the book with my favorite errors made by ordinary investors, billionaires, and everyone in between (including myself) and how to avoid them. These two possibilities a 10-fold increase versus a 90% drop are roughly symmetrical in terms of math (but probably not probabilities). The latter turned out to be what occurred.

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MiB: Jeffrey Sherman, DoubleLine Deputy CIO

The Big Picture

We discuss how he began as a math major but didn’t want to go into physics, engineering or academia, so finance was the next logical career option. He is the author of The 5 Mistakes Every Investor Makes and How to Avoid Them , and his latest book, Money, Simplified.

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At the Money: How to Change Careers 

The Big Picture

Full transcript below. ~~~ About this weeks guest: Dr. William Bernstein is the author of numerous books, including mostr recently, “ The Delusions Of Crowds: Why People Go Mad in Groups. He is also the author of multiple books, the Intelligent Asset Allocator, four Pillars of Investing, investors Manifesto, and on and on.

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10 Tuesday AM Reads

The Big Picture

My Two-for-Tuesday morning train WFH reads: • Stock Pickers Never Had a Chance Against Hard Math of the Market : In years like this one, when just a few big companies outperform, it’s hard to assemble a winning portfolio. Businessweek ) but see With cash earning 5%, why risk money on the stock market? With the 10 year at 4.2% 1987 Crash 3.

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