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Some Other Forms of Wealth

A Wealth of Common Sense

There are many definitions of wealth. Your financial situation is some combination of math and emotions so a rich life means different things to different people. Some people equate wealth to your income level. Others assume having a lot of stuff must mean you’re wealthy.

Math 69
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Is Gen-X Doomed?

Random Roger's Retirement Planning

Anyone in this age range who can do anything can do anything --the literal definition of optionality. If it is going to happen, it won't be for ten years +/-, plenty of time to factor that into your math.

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Transcript: Tom Hancock, GMO

The Big Picture

I’d say management consulting is any of the other thing that least at that time was the other career trajectory, just my personality, more of a math oriented introvert. 00:13:13 [Speaker Changed] It’s an improvement of value or refinement on the definition of value. Finance was the natural fit for GMO. So I was at Harvard.

Valuation 130
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The Self Educating Child

Mr. Money Mustache

Seeing him work so hard on this production definitely helped ease my fears about whether or not he will grow up to be a contributing member of society. Many teachers are already using this system to “flip the classroom”, and my own boy and I used Khan Academy to help him cover second through eighth grade math in only a month.

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At the Money: Why Self-Insight Is So Important  

The Big Picture

Now now each of us knows a tremendous amount, but by definition, our ignorance is infinite. We know a little bit of math. In terms of our character, we overplay how much agency we have over the world. We’re not as influential as we think. And in terms of confidence, we overestimate how much we know. That creates an issue.

Media 141
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RIA Net Organic Growth is Practically Non-Existent

Steve Sanduski

It’s been clear for quite some time from industry data and personal experience that net organic revenue growth of RIA firms is quite low when you, by definition, exclude market movement. Simple math says the CAGR of NET NEW ASSETS (i.e., For comparison, a passive 60/40 bond portfolio, as mentioned above, grew at a CAGR of 11.9%.

Math 52
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The Value of a CFA Charter: Ethics

Aleph

The Society of Actuaries made a similar mistake when it eliminated their English exam, which turned their candidates into math nerds who often could not understand qualitative features in insurance. Definitely. Actuaries once were CEOs of insurance companies, and that is rare now. Clear out the crud, and make more room for the basics.

Ethics 52