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Market (In)Efficiency and beating the market

  • by Rodney Smith
  • Posted on January 25, 2026January 27, 2026
  • Part 7: Building and Managing a Portfolio

Behavioral inefficiencies are likely the most enduring because human nature has not changed much over time and is unlikely to change much in the future.

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Collaboration – with diverse views – leads to better investing insights

  • by Rodney Smith
  • Posted on November 16, 2025December 7, 2025
  • Uncategorized

Ideas based crowd source project to improve Nuggets of Investing Wisdom for everyone

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Withdrawing money from tax advantaged vs taxable investment accounts

  • by Rodney Smith
  • Posted on August 31, 2025August 31, 2025
  • Part 7: Building and Managing a Portfolio

After being retired for 20 years, we have the opportunity of enjoying a much lower tax rate on the same average dollar amount of investment returns. When our investments are passed on to our children there will be no one-time full marginal rate tax to pay.

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Value investing in the age of the Magnificent Seven, networks, intangibles, AI and all that

  • by Rodney Smith
  • Posted on October 13, 2024October 21, 2024
  • Part 4: Principles of Operation

A high ratio of price to book value, a high price-earnings ratio, and a low dividend yield – are in no way inconsistent with a ‘value’ purchase.

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Investment strategy – the best defense is a good offense

  • by Rodney Smith
  • Posted on September 29, 2024September 29, 2024
  • Part 4: Principles of Operation

And if a person sets out to make profits from security purchases and sales, he is embarking on a business venture of his own, which must be run in accordance with accepted business principles if it is to have a chance of success.

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The investment styles of three great investors: Keynes, Templeton and Buffett

  • by Rodney Smith
  • Posted on July 7, 2024July 7, 2024
  • Part 4: Principles of Operation

A careful selection of a few investments (or a few types of investment) having regard to their cheapness in relation to their probable actual and potential intrinsic value over a period of years ahead and in relation to alternative investments at the time.

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Why an all-stock approach to investing makes good sense

  • by Rodney Smith
  • Posted on March 24, 2024March 24, 2024
  • Part 1: The Field of Play

Leaving moderate risk in the dust

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How Warren Buffett was influenced by Philip Fisher

  • by Rodney Smith
  • Posted on March 19, 2023March 21, 2023
  • Part 4: Principles of Operation

If the job has been correctly done when a common stock is purchased, the time to sell it is – almost never

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How Warren Buffett’s approach diverged from Ben Graham

  • by Rodney Smith
  • Posted on March 12, 2023March 19, 2023
  • Part 4: Principles of Operation

Buffett analyzed companies more subjectively than Graham, and he found intrinsic value in companies, such as See’s Candies, that Graham would not have touched.

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Which is better: top down or bottom up investing?

  • by Rodney Smith
  • Posted on June 27, 2021June 27, 2021
  • Part 6: The Hallmarks of Superb Businesses

Many investors have lost money trying to tie their fortunes to a trend such as demographics and an aging population.

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