Greed and Capitalism

What kind of society isn't structured on greed? The problem of social organization is how to set up an arrangement under which greed will do the least harm; capitalism is that kind of a system.
- Milton Friedman

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Investing Successfully

8 Tips to Investing Successfully:
by Tom Murcko


According to Charlie Munger, here are the essential considerations for successful investing:

1. Risk: measure it, avoid it if possible, have a margin of safety, and limit downside.
2. Independence: don't follow the herd, the herd will only do average.
3. Preparation: learning, building mental models, and continual improvement.
4. Humility: acknowledge what you don't know, don't be overconfident, stay within your circle of competence, and watch for errors.
5. Analytic rigor: calculate value before looking at price, and be a business analyst and not a securities analyst.
6. Allocation: consider opportunity costs.
7. Patience: Wait for the right opportunities.
8. Decisiveness: great ideas are rare, so bet big when they come along and when you have confidence in them.


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