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A guide for young investor

July 27, 2020 emcee Leave a Comment

I am in my fifties and I have been saving and investing since I began working full time more than twenty-five years ago. I have been writing about my investing in these pages for about three years. If you are in your 20s or 30s, perhaps you just started earning enough to save … [Read more...] about A guide for young investor

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A coffee can approach to investing

October 15, 2019 emcee Leave a Comment

I just finished reading Chris Mayer’s book, The 100-Baggers. It’s a book about public companies whose shares have returned 100 times or more for those who held on. How long to hold on? In most cases, it took twenty years or longer. The book is full of good insights for those … [Read more...] about A coffee can approach to investing

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My gun is reloaded

May 13, 2019 emcee Leave a Comment

In his 2010 shareholder letter, Warren Buffett wrote that his elephant gun had been reloaded, and his trigger finger was itchy. He was referring to Berkshire’s dry powder cash that was intended for major acquisitions. Extending the same metaphor, today I could say that my BB gun … [Read more...] about My gun is reloaded

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A very short bear market?

April 8, 2019 emcee Leave a Comment

I came across an interview that CNN’s Poppy Harlow did with Warren Buffett in September 2018. She said investors were worried about cracks showing in the U.S. economy after a long nine-year run. And then she asked if Buffett was worried about an imminent recession (4:50). To … [Read more...] about A very short bear market?

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My 10-year odyssey with a Schwab index fund

September 24, 2018 emcee 1 Comment

Investing can be quite boring – especially if one is following a long-term plan. From my experience, people who do it best are those who put their investing on an auto-pilot. And let their money compound over time. For 10, 20, even 30 years or more.  Successful investing doesn’t … [Read more...] about My 10-year odyssey with a Schwab index fund

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Be mechanical about your investing approach

July 30, 2018 emcee 2 Comments

As I have written multiple times in prior posts, our gut instincts, friends’ views, media reports, and most expert opinions are really not that useful when it comes to investing. We, investors, consistently underperform even the ordinary index funds by as much as one-third due to … [Read more...] about Be mechanical about your investing approach

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Revisiting the lost decade of U.S. stocks

May 28, 2018 emcee 1 Comment

If you were following business news in 2010, you must have come across one or two headlines bemoaning America’s “lost decade”. Between 2009 and 2012, there were many discussions in the business media and many columns were written in the press on this subject. How investors have … [Read more...] about Revisiting the lost decade of U.S. stocks

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It’s not healthy to check stock prices every day

December 16, 2017 emcee 2 Comments

If you check your stock portfolio every minute the market is open, you are setting yourself up for failure. Even every day is not good for your portfolio’s health. Perhaps every week is too frequent. Two reasons why this is so: Every-day price changes are random and carry no … [Read more...] about It’s not healthy to check stock prices every day

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A deeper look into my portfolio

November 25, 2017 emcee 6 Comments

We take a deeper look at my investment portfolio in this post. A majority of my investments are in stocks or stock index funds. I have been working on my investments for last 20 plus years. These investments have evolved over time – initially all I had were some stock and bond … [Read more...] about A deeper look into my portfolio

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My 401(K) story – from 1992 to 2012

November 2, 2017 emcee 15 Comments

I worked for one Fortune 100 company for a bit more than 20 years. I had an active 401(K) retirement account while I was working for it. I saved and invested a portion of my earnings every year—taking advantage of company matching dollars and tax-deferred savings. What follows is … [Read more...] about My 401(K) story – from 1992 to 2012

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