Comments on: The Intelligent Investor: Four Extremely Instructive Case Histories http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2009/02/06/the-intelligent-investor-four-extremely-instructive-case-histories/ Financial talk for the rest of us Sat, 16 Feb 2013 01:14:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Steve Waskow http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2009/02/06/the-intelligent-investor-four-extremely-instructive-case-histories/#comment-510064 Steve Waskow Fri, 06 Feb 2009 21:52:03 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/?p=3113#comment-510064 SD is a terrific resource, however recommending that one buy individual stocks, no matter how one decides which stocks to choose, is not in keeping with SD’s usually-rational approach to finances. All the academic research (and much of that from unbiased commercial sources) indicates that there is no approach that will consistently “beat the market” in the long term (and certainly not if properly risk-adjusted). The web site http://www.ifa.com/ has a trove of interesting and informative data available supporting this, as does the Vanguard site and others. It borders on the irresponsible to encourage investing in individual stocks in any way, IMHO.

]]> By: Saver Queen http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2009/02/06/the-intelligent-investor-four-extremely-instructive-case-histories/#comment-509954 Saver Queen Fri, 06 Feb 2009 18:07:49 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/?p=3113#comment-509954 Oops, thanks Andy – I clicked on him before. I hate that!

The weakonomist – that sounds like good advice. I think that the one thing that books won’t give you is experience. And it simply takes a lot of experience to learn how to invest well. And it takes making some mistakes, too.

]]> By: Andy http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2009/02/06/the-intelligent-investor-four-extremely-instructive-case-histories/#comment-509906 Andy Fri, 06 Feb 2009 16:39:23 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/?p=3113#comment-509906 Do not click on Trevor – his postings are just trolling

]]> By: Seaphim http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2009/02/06/the-intelligent-investor-four-extremely-instructive-case-histories/#comment-509833 Seaphim Fri, 06 Feb 2009 14:30:57 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/?p=3113#comment-509833 Nothing personal intended, but all these ‘Intelligent Investor’ posts bore me to death, I always skip them, there are so many. Will they be going on much longer, Trent?

I know some people must enjoy them, but it just seems to be going on forever :)

]]> By: Trevor - 14 Year Old Blogger http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2009/02/06/the-intelligent-investor-four-extremely-instructive-case-histories/#comment-509823 Trevor - 14 Year Old Blogger Fri, 06 Feb 2009 14:09:56 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/?p=3113#comment-509823 Thanks. This helped me get some things I didn’t get in the book.

]]> By: the weakonomist http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2009/02/06/the-intelligent-investor-four-extremely-instructive-case-histories/#comment-509822 the weakonomist Fri, 06 Feb 2009 14:09:38 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/?p=3113#comment-509822 The only time you should invest in a company with “potential” is when you know exactly what is needed to take it to the next level. In the case of stock investing, it’s unlikely you have enough to invest in a controlling stake to steer the company in the right direction. With smaller, private companies, you might stand a chance.

When reading about AAA Enterprises, I couldn’t help but think of Bernie Madoff.

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