Can you express your investing philosophy as a Haiku?
Can you express your investing philosophy as a Haiku?
Anybody can do the "ten words or less" thing, but how about exactly seventeen syllables?
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Re: Can you express your investing philosophy as a Haiku?
"Efficient markets"
Probably overstates things,
But what else is there?
Probably overstates things,
But what else is there?
Re: Can you express your investing philosophy as a Haiku?
Save. Start now. Persist.
Keep costs low. Diversify.
Stay the course. Live life.
Keep costs low. Diversify.
Stay the course. Live life.
Re: Can you express your investing philosophy as a Haiku?
I learned everything
good about investing at
Bogleheads.org
good about investing at
Bogleheads.org
Don't assume I know what I'm talking about.
Re: Can you express your investing philosophy as a Haiku?
Keep costs very low
So you can buy a watch for
Five thousand dollars
So you can buy a watch for
Five thousand dollars
Don't assume I know what I'm talking about.
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How much should I tilt?
Lumpers and slice-and-dicers
Will never agree.
Lumpers and slice-and-dicers
Will never agree.
Don't assume I know what I'm talking about.
Re: Can you express your investing philosophy as a Haiku?
My post in the ten-words thread was pretty close:
You probably don't
know anything the market
Already does not
You probably don't
know anything the market
Already does not
Re: Can you express your investing philosophy as a Haiku?
Walk the way of the Bogle.
John C, that is.
And always stay the course.
John C, that is.
And always stay the course.
Re: Can you express your investing philosophy as a Haiku?
pay myself they say
portfolio will grow large
It is so simple
portfolio will grow large
It is so simple
Gordon
Re: Can you express your investing philosophy as a Haiku?
'Money wants to grow',
I say rather wistfully.
The market is deaf.
I say rather wistfully.
The market is deaf.
"Optimum est pati quod emendare non possis." |
-Seneca
Re: Can you express your investing philosophy as a Haiku?
Stocks proved volatile.
Bonds are more reliable.
(Think munis, not junk).
Theron
Bonds are more reliable.
(Think munis, not junk).
Theron
Re: Can you express your investing philosophy as a Haiku?
Half stocks and half bonds
Live the one life that you have
Rebalance in May
Live the one life that you have
Rebalance in May
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Re: Can you express your investing philosophy as a Haiku?
Adjust stock/bond split.
Consider valuation!
Shiller PE10
Consider valuation!
Shiller PE10
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Re: Can you express your investing philosophy as a Haiku?
Keep fees very low
Understand your investments
Let time do the rest
Understand your investments
Let time do the rest
Re: Can you express your investing philosophy as a Haiku?
Take the lowest cost
(include taxes as a cost)
for each asset class.
(include taxes as a cost)
for each asset class.
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Re: Can you express your investing philosophy as a Haiku?
Looking for the key
In spreadsheet, book and forum,
Part the stocks and bonds!
In spreadsheet, book and forum,
Part the stocks and bonds!
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Re: Can you express your investing philosophy as a Haiku?
No one knows nothin'
You are not an exception
I hope it goes up
You are not an exception
I hope it goes up
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Re: Can you express your investing philosophy as a Haiku?
cheeseburger
noodles
and poopy pants
noodles
and poopy pants
Re: Can you express your investing philosophy as a Haiku?
Cat food for the cats,
invest well so they will not have to share with me.
invest well so they will not have to share with me.
And . . .
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Re: Can you express your investing philosophy as a Haiku?
Balanced, low-cost portfolio
of stocks, bonds,
and cash reserves
of stocks, bonds,
and cash reserves
16% cash 49% stock 35% bond. Retired, w/d rate 2.5%
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Re: Can you express your investing philosophy as a Haiku?
Simple life, low cost,
much saving for rainy days.
Humble goals for me.
much saving for rainy days.
Humble goals for me.
Sarah
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Re: Can you express your investing philosophy as a Haiku?
I try to take
No more than what the market
Will give to me Amen
No more than what the market
Will give to me Amen
-Grandpa |
I'd rather see where I'm going than see where I've been.
Re: Can you express your investing philosophy as a Haiku?
Diversify, and
seek low expenses, taxes,
and valuations.
seek low expenses, taxes,
and valuations.
Re: Can you express your investing philosophy as a Haiku?
Market rises, falls
Since I can’t know in advance
I stick with my plan
Since I can’t know in advance
I stick with my plan
Re: Can you express your investing philosophy as a Haiku?
Stocks sometimes flash red
But long term are green
Where is my time machine?
Rhyming added for levity.
P.S. Here is a syllable counter: http://www.wordcalc.com/
But long term are green
Where is my time machine?
Rhyming added for levity.
P.S. Here is a syllable counter: http://www.wordcalc.com/
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stocks ebb and stocks flow
permanent portfolio
comes to the rescue
permanent portfolio
comes to the rescue
I think that counter may be a bit off.BlueEars wrote: P.S. Here is a syllable counter: http://www.wordcalc.com/
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Provide for the longest lives,
Increase the funds,
As much as possible.
Increase the funds,
As much as possible.
Greg, retired 8/10.
Re: Can you express your investing philosophy as a Haiku?
Buy low, sell high
Pay no attention
To the Noise
One buys when down
And sells when up
Think Burma Shave
Pay no attention
To the Noise
One buys when down
And sells when up
Think Burma Shave
Re: Can you express your investing philosophy as a Haiku?
I fear not gray skies
Only those who flee the storm
Shall miss the rainbow
Stay the course! And I love haiku. What a great idea for a thread
Only those who flee the storm
Shall miss the rainbow
Stay the course! And I love haiku. What a great idea for a thread
Re: Can you express your investing philosophy as a Haiku?
After looking at the Wikipedia entry for Haiku, I decided my attempt above wasn't legitimate. Try two:
Interest,
Winter arrives,
Maximum.
It's not really syllables that there should be 17 of, but rather on, and a long syllable counts for two on, a short syllable is just one. And there should be three lines, with 5 + 7 + 5 on. Accordingly:
5 on: Interest, long short long = 2+1+2
7 on: Winter arrives, long long short long = 2+2+1+2
5 on: Maximum. long short long = 2+1+2
Interest,
Winter arrives,
Maximum.
It's not really syllables that there should be 17 of, but rather on, and a long syllable counts for two on, a short syllable is just one. And there should be three lines, with 5 + 7 + 5 on. Accordingly:
5 on: Interest, long short long = 2+1+2
7 on: Winter arrives, long long short long = 2+2+1+2
5 on: Maximum. long short long = 2+1+2
Greg, retired 8/10.
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Save a lot
buy the market cheaply
avoid ego
Don
buy the market cheaply
avoid ego
Don
“Speak only if it improves upon the silence." Mahatma Gandhi
Re: Can you express your investing philosophy as a Haiku?
How 'bout you SSSS? C'mon in, the water's warm.SSSS wrote:Anybody can do the "ten words or less" thing, but how about exactly seventeen syllables?
:lol:G-Money wrote:Keep costs very low
So you can buy a watch for
Five thousand dollars
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So little margin
Opportunities abound
Ready to retire?
Opportunities abound
Ready to retire?
No excuses, no regrets.
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Jack Bogle: fired from
Wellington. Now Vanguard owns
it outright. Karma!
As luck would have it,
I came upon Vanguard funds
when I was younger.
Wellington. Now Vanguard owns
it outright. Karma!
As luck would have it,
I came upon Vanguard funds
when I was younger.
Investing - The hardest way to make an easy living.
Re: Can you express your investing philosophy as a Haiku?
I enjoy money
I dislike managing it
Do what is simple
I dislike managing it
Do what is simple
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Re: Can you express your investing philosophy as a Haiku?
Mountains and valleys
Throw a stone in the soup pot
We tread on the path
Throw a stone in the soup pot
We tread on the path
Re: Can you express your investing philosophy as a Haiku?
Older now.
Time for bonds.
Thank you, Bogleheads.
Time for bonds.
Thank you, Bogleheads.
Re: Can you express your investing philosophy as a Haiku?
Work to make money.
Don’t forget to diversify.
Live below your means.
Don’t forget to diversify.
Live below your means.
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Re: Can you express your investing philosophy as a Haiku?
Roses are red, violets are blue,
Diversify and keep costs low, wait...what's a Haiku?
Diversify and keep costs low, wait...what's a Haiku?
Re: Can you express your investing philosophy as a Haiku?
Only buy stocks that go up
If they don't go up
Don't buy them
Will Rogers
If they don't go up
Don't buy them
Will Rogers
If an idea did not arrive in a person's mind via logic, it cannot be changed by logic.
Re: Can you express your investing philosophy as a Haiku?
I have a couple:
Bull or bear market?
GM or GE? Who cares?
Just buy index funds.
Early retirement:
Save often, invest wisely
Live within your means.
Bull or bear market?
GM or GE? Who cares?
Just buy index funds.
Early retirement:
Save often, invest wisely
Live within your means.
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Re: Can you express your investing philosophy as a Haiku?
Live frugally all your days
Of Spring and Summer.
Come Fall and Winter, feast!
Of Spring and Summer.
Come Fall and Winter, feast!
The race goes not to the swift, but to those who keep on running. . .
Re: Can you express your investing philosophy as a Haiku?
Saw this old thread, and decided to post.
Courtesy of ChatGPT:
Frugal investors,
Bogleheads united, wise,
In wealth they will thrive.
(PS. I asked ChatGPT to create a haiku about Bogleheads).
Courtesy of ChatGPT:
Frugal investors,
Bogleheads united, wise,
In wealth they will thrive.
(PS. I asked ChatGPT to create a haiku about Bogleheads).
Re: Can you express your investing philosophy as a Haiku?
Half and half again,
A bit of this and of that.
Not so secret sauce.
A bit of this and of that.
Not so secret sauce.
"The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty; not knowing what comes next." ~Ursula LeGuin
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Just keep it simple.
Complex may be just as good,
But rarely better.
Complex may be just as good,
But rarely better.
Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen nineteen and six, result happiness; Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pounds ought and six, result misery.
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Re: Can you express your investing philosophy as a Haiku?
There is nothing like a bond
Stocks are okay too
I’ll have some more
Stocks are okay too
I’ll have some more
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Re: Can you express your investing philosophy as a Haiku?
It goes up
Then it goes down
Don't look.
Then it goes down
Don't look.
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Re: Can you express your investing philosophy as a Haiku?
Accumulate, yes
until reaching enough, then
steady as she goes.
until reaching enough, then
steady as she goes.
Age<59.5. Early-retired. AA ~55/45. Taxable account, Roth IRA, HSA...all are 100% equities. 100% of fixed income is in tIRA. I spend from taxable and re-balance in tIRA.
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Re: Can you express your investing philosophy as a Haiku?
Not bad for AI;
Describes Bogleheads okay.
But united not;
We differ in opinions,
Tastes, needs, backgrounds, do differ.
Passive investing: not about making big bucks but making profits. Active investing: not about beating the market but meeting goals. Speculation: not about timing the market but taking profitable risks.
Re: Can you express your investing philosophy as a Haiku?
Like sun warms in Spring
The market gives the return
Pay less and live more
The market gives the return
Pay less and live more