A short history of 1999, the year everyone became a genius In 1999, Barbra Streisand explained her investment strategy to Fortune magazine. She was a day trader. She told the interviewer she couldn’t stand seeing red in her profit column, and since she’s a Taurus,…
Four lessons from The Intelligent Investor that just played out in real time I’m working through The Intelligent Investor, Benjamin Graham’s classic with Jason Zweig’s modern commentary layered through it. This week’s reading covered what aggressive investors should never do, and one line I couldn’t…
I check this watchlist every day. Not to trade, I rarely touch anything. I check it the way you glance at a city skyline: to see what’s being built. One of the biggest lessons from two decades in the market is that you should know…
The Fundrise Innovation Fund — With Anthropic and OpenAI Concentration Several years ago I decided to buy into the Fundrise Innovation fund, and I never stopped buying. The returns were great, so I said f*ck REITs, let’s go all in on tech, which is what I tend…
A King Who Owned Everything Still Told You to Spread Your Bets. You Should Probably Listen. Solomon had more wealth than anyone alive. Buffett said you only get twenty punches. Both were saying the same thing. Three thousand years apart, two of the wealthiest minds…
A study of one person (me) who held TQQQ through a 75% crash like a psychopath Abstract Conventional financial wisdom states that leveraged ETFs like TQQQ are not suitable for long-term holding due to volatility decay. This paper presents a groundbreaking counter-argument: what if you…
How I lost $156,000 to a robo-advisor I did everything right. At least, that’s what I thought. At 26 years old, I decided to randomly open two accounts, one with a robo-advisor and another with private equity just to try it out. It seemed like…
5 things you need to know before you start trading options I lost $5,000 trading options on AT&T. And honestly? I deserved to lose it because I had no idea what I was doing. Today I’m gonna break down what options actually are — in the simplest way…
Everything on an ETF page explained in plain English — using SMH as our example (Since I’m bullish on semis right now) If you’ve ever pulled up an ETF page and felt like you were reading hieroglyphics, you’re not alone. I still remember laying eyes on hieroglyphics in…
Some people swear the stock market is the ultimate wealth builder. Others roll their eyes and say it’s too slow, too risky, or not worth the wait. The truth? It depends — on your definition of wealth, your patience, and how willing you are to ride out…