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10 Biggest Ideas in “How NOT to Invest”

The Big Picture

That insight greatly simplified my task of making the book both fun to read and helpful for anyone interested in investing. Here is a broad overview of each of the 10 main sections, which can help you quickly grasp the key ideas in the book. We evolved in an arithmetic world, so we are unprepared for the exponential math of finance.

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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 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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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. It doesnt matter if it is Nvidia, Bitcoin, founders stock, or an employee stock option purchase plan (ESOP), sometimes the sheer size of a windfall is paralyzing.

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Transcript: Velina Peneva, Swiss Re Chief Investment Officer

The Big Picture

What were the original career plans? So I arrived at Wellesley with the plan to do pre-med. I took a lot of math classes. I couldn’t give up math in computer science. Here is the plan, here’s how you should go about in this deal or in, in this new asset class. But for me, this was not an option.

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Retirement Algebra, Solving For U

Random Roger's Retirement Planning

I understand the difficulty of that one but if you're 50, overweight and taking a half dozen medications, you should plan on health stuff being very expensive. I've said many times that I plan to wait until 70 and that I think my wife should take hers at the same time which would be 64 and 2 months. number for her.

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How Indians Are Legally and Illegally Evading the 30% Crypto Tax in India

Trade Brains

Fluctuating USD/INR rates also alter investment math. These dynamics add another layer to tax planning. Essentially, profits stay entirely off the books. Vice versa, Yen weakness affects Japan-based crypto options. A stronger dollar makes foreign ETFs more expensive over time. Sign-up requires only an email.

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Transcript: Steve Laipply, Global Co-Head of Bond ETFs at BlackRock

The Big Picture

Always the career plan. It’s sort of like math with dollar signs attached to it. 00:55:52 [Speaker Changed] Good, good advice for anyone listening, let’s talk about books. One of my, you know, I I, I like history books and so, you know, I’ve read a lot of the Ken Burn stuff. I really like it.

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