Investing

September 12, 2019

Who gave you that dream job?

Business, Inspiration, Investing, Relationships, Street videos

I got into investment banking when Sean N. MacGloin gave me that job right there at that square near Bank Station in the City of London.

During my last trip to London, I was passing nearby that place and thought to film a short video to express that gratitude.

When somebody gives you a job, they allow you to enter their world, to live life together! Yes, to live life together! This is how I see it.

I can’t describe how I felt by spending some time there at that square after 8 years.

Blessed and grateful for the past. Hopeful, optimistic, strong, excited about the future.

Because that’s the effect of gratitude. It bridges the past with the future! It fills your soul with serenity, optimism, motivation, strength and all the other good things that are necessary for moving forward.

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February 14, 2019

Morgan Housel’s Gems on Money, Business, Investing and Life

Investing, Mindset, Self-Development, Stock Market Investing

Below, you’ll find a few quotes and thoughts by one of my favourite financial writers, Morgan Housel. Read this guy, his writing and views are enlightening.

Golden Nuggets

Past a certain level of income, what you need is just what sits below your ego. One of the most powerful ways to increase your savings isn’t to raise your income, but your humility.

The value of wealth is relative to what you need. Since people require vastly different amounts of spending to get by each month, $1 of savings to one person is worth something totally different to another.

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February 14, 2019

This Buffett shareholder letter will blow your mind

Investing, Mindset, Self-Development

Buffett's letter to shareholders of Berkshire Hathaway

I was on the train the other day reading a Warren Buffett’s shareholder letter.

It’s a 23-page report and towards the end, you get the typical humble Buffett-style “Some thoughts about investing”.

Whaaaaat? Some thoughts about investing? Are you kidding me, Buffett?

That was the most mind-blowing piece of writing about investing I’ve ever read!

In this letter, Buffett uses two successful real estate investments that he did long ago to explain his entire philosophy about investing. The first investment was a farm in Nebraska and the second was some real estate property in New York.

I will not repeat the stories, I’ll leave a link to the letter at the end. Here, I want to focus on a few powerful take-home points.

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February 14, 2019

What was Buffett’s biggest mistake?

Investing, Mindset, Self-Development

Do you guys know what was the dumbest stock Warren Buffett ever bought?

Drum roll, please…

The stock of his own company, Berkshire Hathaway!

Berkshire was a textile business when Buffett bought it in 1962.

The reason he bought it? It was a bargain!

If you follow Buffett, you know what’s his secret recipe for investing success.

You need 4 things:

a company you understand
a company with excellent business economics
able and honest management
a cheap price!

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February 14, 2019

Who is an investor?

Investing, Mindset

Most people think an investor is someone who invests in stocks or real estate.

Neahh….. That’s too short-sighted.

You should think of an investor as a master at capital allocation.

The real investor makes his capital sweat on the right things. Any sort of capital – not only cash!

Think of capital as assets. Cash is an asset. People are an asset. Time is an asset.

An investor is a capital optimisation freak.

What does he optimise for? Profits. Returns.

An investor who is offered an investment opportunity always asks one question to himself first: “Is there anything else I can do instead to get more returns?”

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April 5, 2018

Stock Market Investing for Beginners

Investing, Stock Market Investing

In this guide, I will explain the basics of investing in the Stock Market in simple words without assuming anything. Stock investing is not and should not be presented as rocket science. To become a successful investor you don’t have to be a math genius. You only need to understand a few things well and keep emotions away from eroding your investment decisions.

This guide is for people who want to invest their money in great companies and be rewarded for doing so. A real investor invests in a great company today because he thinks it will be a great company after ten or twenty years. Here, I want to teach you a long-term Warren Buffett approach to investing which will make your money grow slowly but surely.

If you want to make money in the Stock Market and turn from broke to rich this year, this guide is not for you. If you want to become a stock day trader buying stocks in the morning and dumping them in the afternoon, this is not the right guide for you either. There are other resources out there that promise to make you a successful day trader. In that case, I wish you good luck with that because you’ll indeed need lots of it.

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