favorite bogleheads posts?
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Denovo's post on becoming a landlord: viewtopic.php?t=226980
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Anything by The Munchkin Man.
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Taylor's Investment Gems are my all time favorites.
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Any thread that ends with: "This thread is locked, by Lady Geek".
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Thanks, I think.
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My favorite Bogleheads posters are Taylor Larimore and Michael LeBoeuf (mlebuf).
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The moderators take away the punchbowl when things get too rowdy.
A fool and his money are good for business.
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+1Sunny Sarkar wrote: ↑Fri Jul 25, 2014 7:06 am Taylor's response to a "Why not 100% stocks" thread...Taylor Larimore| 09-28-00
Our family owned "Larimore's Diner" in Foxboro, Mass. in 1929. I was 5 years old and remember. When the depression hit, we lost the Diner and moved into my grandfather's home in Miami. Grandfather, who was an investor and chief executive of an investment trust company, lost everything--including the Miami home we lived in.
These figures show what a REAL bear market is like:
BEAR MARKET OF 1929-1937 (Dow plunged 89%)
-1929--1930--1931--1932
(-31%)(-25%)(-43%)(-08%) Large Cap Stocks
(-34%)(-35%)(-47%)(-06%) Mid/Small Cap Stocks
(-47%)(-38%)(-50%)(-05%) Micro Cap Stocks
(+04%)(+07%)(-02%)(+09%) 5-Year Treasury Bonds
BEAR MARKET OF 1973-1976 (S&P fell 43%)
-1973--1974
(-15%)(-26%) Large Caps
(-39%)(-29%) Micro Caps
---(-70%) Coca-Cola
---(-82%) Intel
---(-73%) McDonald's
---(-86%) Merrill Lynch
---(-86%) Walt Disney
---(-71%) Xerox
Figures cannot convey the horrifying and debilitating effects of a bear market. You watch in agony as month after month your life savings evaporate before your eyes. Gloom and doom talk is everywhere. Nearly everyone else is selling. You have no idea when, or if, your portfolio will stop losing money.
Your friends and relatives urge you to sell. Nearly all financial experts recommend "sell". You are ridiculed for trying to hold on. You begin to have self-doubt. Dispair sets in. Buying stocks is unthinkable. Suicide's increase. That's a REAL bear market.
Now you understand why very few "old-timers" are 100% in stocks.
Best wishes.
Taylor
I nominate this one also. In fact, I have it saved and go back to it every now and then to protect myself from myself.
Choose Simplicity ~ Stay the Course!! ~ Press on Regardless!!!
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Unfortunately there have been some good topics/discussions shut down because people can't seem to help themselves. It shouldn't be difficult to keep a thread open when we are all playing by the same set of rules, yet some folks insist on "going there."
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Hands down favorite: the Chuck Norris thread.viewtopic.php?t=59026 It features sayings like:
Chuck Norris Morningstar X-Ray:
100/100/100
100/100/100
100/100/100
When the yield on a Chuck Norris bond goes up, the price also rises.
Black Swans consider Chuck Norris a black swan event.
Chuck Norris Morningstar X-Ray:
100/100/100
100/100/100
100/100/100
When the yield on a Chuck Norris bond goes up, the price also rises.
Black Swans consider Chuck Norris a black swan event.
What's the best post you read today?
There are some real gems out there and I though it would be a nice idea to aggregate them into a single thread for us. PLEASE HELP!
I'll start...
IN A THREAD ENTITLED: "Who worries about a bear market in stocks?"
I'll start...
IN A THREAD ENTITLED: "Who worries about a bear market in stocks?"
Philosophies of life (and investing) don't get better than this IMO.KlangFool wrote: ↑Fri Oct 12, 2018 11:01 am
It is very simple.
Those that are not prepared for a bear market worry about the bear market.
I have a very simple philosophy in life. If I am worried about something, I would take action to prepare for it. I would not let my worry linger around. It makes my life relatively stress free.
KlangFool
Retirement is a game best played by those prepared for more volatility in the future than has been seen in the past. The solution is not to predict investment losses but to prepare for them.
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^^^ I moved your post into the on-going discussion.
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Outstanding!
And another great one...
Retirement is a game best played by those prepared for more volatility in the future than has been seen in the past. The solution is not to predict investment losses but to prepare for them.
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[edited OP to add cross-link to the thread of favorite quotes, and thread pointing to good older threads]
Just saw a great (older) post from Nisiprius about stock market risk and the lost decade: viewtopic.php?p=3875083#p3875179
Also adding some accumulated favorites from the last year, hoping that this is useful to others:
from the definitive thread on dollar cost averaging: viewtopic.php?t=132098#p1945575
nisiprius on bond risk when interest rates rise: viewtopic.php?p=4892400#p4892746
another nisiprius post on stock market risk: viewtopic.php?f=10&t=245211&newpost=3848772#p3846514
white coat investor on minimizing emergency medical expenses: viewtopic.php?f=2&t=238610&newpost=4510861#p3730622
Thank you to all who've added pointers to their favorite posts. I've read every one and am grateful.
Just saw a great (older) post from Nisiprius about stock market risk and the lost decade: viewtopic.php?p=3875083#p3875179
Also adding some accumulated favorites from the last year, hoping that this is useful to others:
from the definitive thread on dollar cost averaging: viewtopic.php?t=132098#p1945575
nisiprius on bond risk when interest rates rise: viewtopic.php?p=4892400#p4892746
another nisiprius post on stock market risk: viewtopic.php?f=10&t=245211&newpost=3848772#p3846514
white coat investor on minimizing emergency medical expenses: viewtopic.php?f=2&t=238610&newpost=4510861#p3730622
Thank you to all who've added pointers to their favorite posts. I've read every one and am grateful.
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One of my favorite posts from this year was nisiprius' post on "how overvalued is this current market anyways"
viewtopic.php?f=10&t=301136#p4964001
viewtopic.php?f=10&t=301136#p4964001
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Wow, what a read. DualIncomeNoDebt’s rant on the first page resonates.. Thanks for sharing.midmoder wrote: ↑Sat Aug 15, 2015 8:39 pm This thread had me enthralled one weekend. It was eventually locked, but was a fascinating read while it lasted.
Quitting job and starting law school in the Fall - help!
viewtopic.php?t=112751
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I just re-watched "In a Lonely Place" with Humphrey Bogart on TCM. I enjoyed it even more than the 1st time I saw it. It's a different role for Bogie. His character is very flawed. And the film is very dark. [Not the film to watch if you need cheering up!]
I have been in the situation where two people fall in love quickly, but one eventually decides she can't stay in the relationship. Hopefully my character wasn't as bad as Bogie's?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_a_Lonely_Place
"I was born when she kissed me, I died when she left me, I lived a few weeks while she loved me".
I have been in the situation where two people fall in love quickly, but one eventually decides she can't stay in the relationship. Hopefully my character wasn't as bad as Bogie's?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_a_Lonely_Place
"I was born when she kissed me, I died when she left me, I lived a few weeks while she loved me".
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My favorite is Top 10 Things Bogleheads Get Wrong - White Coat Investor?t=318332
While the points are very good... the comments posted in the external WCI thread are spot on, and more interesting than the BH replies.
While the points are very good... the comments posted in the external WCI thread are spot on, and more interesting than the BH replies.