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A coward’s primer for investors per Paul Samuelson

  • by Rodney Smith
  • Posted on June 25, 2025June 29, 2025
  • Part 7: Building and Managing a Portfolio

Kahneman is telling us that an ordinary person might, without being thought silly or irrational or cowardly, reject the single bet but decide to take on the 100-bet game.

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What it means to not lose money

  • by Rodney Smith
  • Posted on January 21, 2024January 21, 2024
  • Part 7: Building and Managing a Portfolio

People who succeed in the stock market also accept periodic losses, setbacks, and unexpected occurrences

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Buying stocks in your happy zone

  • by Rodney Smith
  • Posted on July 16, 2023July 16, 2023
  • Part 7: Building and Managing a Portfolio

If I have to bite at stuff that is out of my happy zone, I’m not a .334 hitter

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The joy of higher return with no more risk

  • by Rodney Smith
  • Posted on May 18, 2020January 29, 2023
  • Part 1: The Field of Play

If we calculate the value of a common stock to be only slightly higher than its price, we’re not interested in buying

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