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Tim Ferriss's 4-Hour Workweek and Lifestyle Design Blog. Tim is an author of 5 #1 NYT/WSJ bestsellers, investor (FB, Uber, Twitter, 50+ more), and host of The Tim Ferriss Show podcast (400M+ downloads)
If someone asked me to give investing advice to a 30-year-old today who had just made their first million, I would first point them somewhere else. I’m not a financial advisor and don’t think I’m qualified to give anyone financial advice. The particulars matter too much. But if they insisted, I might say:
Interview with Edward O. Thorp on The Tim Ferriss Show podcast
Interview with Morgan Housel on The Tim Ferriss Show podcast
I get asked a lot about investing. This is mostly due to start-up investing and the hoopla around it, but I’ve expanded my experiments to late-stage deals, real estate, and more. So far, my startup bets are 10x+ more successful (on paper) than my publishing career. Based on cashed-out positions, they’re still several times more …
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“This [drawing] looks good — as close as I’ve ever look to George Clooney.” – Warren Buffett. (Illustration credit: Monica Bevelin) “It’s a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.” -W. Somerset Maugham English dramatist & novelist (1874 – 1965) I have long been …
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Successful “investing” requires some uncommon questions. (Photo: Me at Burning Man ’08) “If the market felt fidgety, if people were scared or desperate, he [senior Salomon Brothers bond trader] herded them like sheep into a corner, then made them pay for their uncertainty.” –Liar’s Poker, Chapter: A Brotherhood of Hoods Connecticut, 2003 There were 4-6 …
I first saw this video at the May 2nd, 2008 Berkshire Hathaway shareholder meeting. Prophetic and not to be missed. I’ve learned quite a few things in the last 18 months of exploring—and experimenting with—the world of investing. This post is my first attempt to share the findings. The lessons have come from not just …
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The richest man in the world — $62 billion and counting. (Photo: CBS/AP) “Excuse me. Where is the most difficult to reach microphone?” I was out of breath from running up the steps but had managed to find one of the microphone stands, manned by two headset-wearing volunteers. More than 10,000 people had waited on …
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Berkshire Hathaway vs. Nasdaq (orange), 1984-2004 I met David Hassell in Omaha at the Berkshire Hathaway annual shareholder meeting, and he asked me an interesting question: Do you think that the value of time can compound like interest? Three glasses of wine into a post-event party with Cirque du Soleil performers, I didn’t have a …
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The Oracle of Omaha, the world’s richest man. (Photo: Stephanie Kuykenal/Bloomberg News/Landov) It’s 1:33am in Omaha and I can’t sleep. Much like pre-Santa jitters as a 7-year old, I’m so excited to potentially meet Warren Buffett tomorrow for the 1st time that my little reptile brain won’t turn off. Ridiculous? Perhaps, but he (Warren, not …
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