Category Archive: Investment Disasters

Oct
09
2010

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Singapore American Club Investment losses—true or false?

Charlie Munger has been Warren Buffett’s right hand man for more than 30 years. And he’d have a predictable response if someone from the Singapore American club called him up and said, “Charlie, our club has been losing a ton of money with our money managers, what do you suggest?” First, as one of history’s …

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Apr
21
2010

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I’ll Show You Mine if You Show Me Yours!

Do you remember what investing in the late 90s was like?  You could put $5000 into a tech stock, and at the end of the month it could be worth $100,000.  If you were as ignorant as I was, you probably thought you were a genius back then. As “brilliant” stock pickers, my friends and …

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