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Get the Summary of Nick Maggiulli's Just Keep Buying in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Everyone faces big questions when it comes to money: questions about saving, investing, and whether you're getting it right with your finances.
Unfortunately, many of the answers provided by the financial industry have been based on belief and conjecture rather than data and evidence—until now.
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#1 El método Wyckoff ha cambiado poco en los últimos 70 años, y aunque algunas herramientas han sido introducidas, considero que no son la mejor manera de analizar el mercado porque no tienen en cuenta el volumen.
#2 El método Wyckoff, no es solo buscar los eventos clave que componen la Fase A, sino que realmente lo importante es la acción en su conjunto.
#3 La...
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#1 The world has blinded us from the truth about money and happiness. In the movie The Matrix, the illusion that the world was normal was created by the Matrix. In our world, the deception we've come to believe about money and happiness comes from many sources.
#2 The world tells us that the average person can't achieve Financial Freedom. Unless you make a six-figure...
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Book Preview: #1 The Motorola example shows how a company can fall from greatness due to Stage 1, Hubris Born of Success. Motorola had grown from $5 billion to $27 billion in annual revenues in just a decade, but its executives felt great pride in their soon-to-be-released StarTAC cell phone. However, the StarTAC used analog technology just as wireless carriers began to demand digital.
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#1 The most affectionate term for my mother's sister is masi. For me and my sister, our mother's family was the strongest force in our childhood. My mom's sisters built the clichéd Indian American immigrant family, filled with doctors and married to them.
#2 My father, Charles Dunn, was a gentle giant who was raised as an evangelical Christian. He was a watchful protector...
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#1 The problem of humanization is a concern that arises from the recognition of dehumanization. Dehumanization, which is the distortion of the vocation of becoming more fully human, occurs within history, but it is not an historical vocation.
#2 True generosity is about fighting to destroy the causes of false charity. False charity is the oppression that forces the fearful...
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#1 The most subversive, anti-authoritarian idea in finance is a ledger. Bitcoin, released in 2009 by a person or persons using the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto, was designed to be an end-around to the banks and governments that have for centuries been the guardians of our financial systems.
#2 Ledgers are record-keeping devices that help deal with the problems of complexity...
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#1 There are many different types of startups. Some combine several small businesses, while others take a nontraditional route to building a company. The key is to not be confined to any particular startup model.
#2 A startup is a high-growth company that is scalable, focused on continuously growing, and one where the founders develop an exit strategy that results in...
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#1 Mediation is different from litigation. It is a process where two parties compromise their way to a resolution, rather than fighting their way to victory. When the lawyers are out of the room, Tyler and Cameron try to avoid talking about the case itself.
#2 The twins were eventually forced to go to mediation, where they met with the mediator Tony Piazza. They thought...
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#1 Start-ups are hot. They are difficult, and they will test your creativity, perseverance, courage, and intelligence. They will also test your relationships with your family and friends. This book will help you navigate the start-up terrain and make the journey to success as smooth and efficient as possible.
#2 The start-up path is predictable. It begins with...
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Book Preview: #1 The Cinderella Complex is the fear women have of being financially independent. We are taught that being a woman means not having money, not managing it, and not being financially independent.
#2 I had just finished selling two homes to pay off part of a debt to the IRS, and was still reeling from the shock. I had always thought of myself as someone who didn't have...
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#1 The difference between the great classical musician George Frideric Handel and the pop singer Shane Filan is that Handel was able to make a handsome profit when he sold his shares in the South Sea Company before the end of June 1719. Filan, on the other hand, was bankrupted when the housing bubble collapsed.
#2 There are three ways in which bubbles can be useful....
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Book Preview: #1 The most efficient way to make outsized returns is by luck, but credibility with institutional investors is the only thing that matters. Good luck is great, but no one is going to give you billions of dollars to manage just because you've gotten some. You must demonstrate a systemic causality in your trading to prove that your performance isn't just luck.
#2 There...
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#1 Jan Garfinkle, after spending 20 years in various operational capacities, decided to be a venture capitalist. She raised her own fund and launched Arboretum Ventures, a fund focused on early-stage health care and medical device companies.
#2 The functions of a venture firm can be separated into four key parts: raise a venture fund, build a portfolio of investment...
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Book Preview: #1 Wall Street is famous for its gossipy culture, and its writers are never hailed as heroes for their work.
#2 The author was working on a Sunday column about Wall Street that would be published in New York magazine. He was afraid his identity would get out, so he decided to use a pseudonym.
#3 Keynes, a Cambridge economist, had a great sense of life and living, which...
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#1 Being a Chillpreneur isn't about working from a hammock in Bali. It's about finding a new way of doing business that works for your bank account and supports your wellbeing.
#2 This book is all about crushing your to-do list, crushing your excuses, and crushing your fear. It's about making money while you sleep, and it's about giving yourself permission to stop trying...
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Book Preview: #1 In 2003, Safeway, a California-based supermarket chain, sought to boost profits by cutting employee benefits. The company's CEO, Steven Burd, hoped to make the workers pay for his mistakes by cutting their pay.
#2 Burd, having anticipated a potential strike, sold off his shares in preparation. He also entered into a revenue-sharing agreement among Safeway's subsidiaries,...
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Book Preview: #1 Enron, a company that went down in the annals of business history as an example of the failure of auditors and investors to recognize that a firm was a house of cards, was actually a textbook example of how an acquirer can fail to do proper due diligence.
#2 We often ignore clear warnings about potential dangers because we are unwilling to deal with the consequences...
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Book Preview: #1 In the spring of 1913, 13-year-old Georges Doriot ran home from school. He had excelled at his classes, and had the certificate to prove it. His father, however, was unimpressed.
#2 When Auguste was discharged from the French Army in the fall of 1889, he was a young and ambitious man who had great expectations. However, he had to spend five years in the prime of his...
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Book Preview: #1 An historical overview of venture capital is important because it allows us to view the present through the lens of the past, which in turn allows us to better understand the future.
#2 Businesses are started in a similar fashion today. The difference is that today, seed capital is provided by investors. These investors provide money to the business in exchange for...
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