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Showing posts with label opportunity lost. Show all posts
Showing posts with label opportunity lost. Show all posts
Friday 17 February 2012

If you are buying sound value at a discount, do short-term price fluctuations matter?

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In the long run , they do not matter much; value will ultimately be reflected in the price of a security.   Indeed, ironically, the long-...
Sunday 13 September 2009

The Power of Avoiding Losses

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Losses occur for three primary reasons: 1. You took bigger risks and exposed yourself to a higher probability of loss . 2. You invested in ...

Understanding Buffett's frugal convictions

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Warren Buffett once joked that he spent 6% of his net worth buying his wife Susie an engagement ring, thus depriving himself of immeasurable...

Opportunity costs of our investments

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Every dollar spent on a single item is a dollar unavailable for other items. That dollar must provide a suitable return - measured against w...

Look at all spending decisions as opportunities - won or lost

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Most individuals these days are astute enough to understand the power of time and understand the need to fund their own retirement rather th...

Columbus's four voyages to the Caribbean

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The Joys of Compounding In Buffett's annual report to partners for the year ending in 1962, he broke cadence from his routine review of ...

Letting money compound productively creates an enormous economic benefit.

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Postulating the value of assets into the future holds meaning for investors who, if they're fortunate, can live many decades. Letting mo...

Let time work to your advantage

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Choosing good companies at fair prices seldom has produced losses for investors willing to wait patiently for the stock price to track the g...

If the Indians wanted to buy back Manhattan

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There's the story that, if the Indians wanted to buy back Manhattan, they would have had to pay more than $2.5 trillion by January 1, 20...

The Power of Compounding

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No force exerts more influence on your portfolio than time. Time takes a bigger toll on your terminal wealth than do taxes, inflation and p...

Lost Opportunities

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A poorly chosen stock may cost you only $2,000 in losses today, but over time that one suspect decision could cost $50,000 in lost opportuni...
Sunday 6 September 2009

Is Buy-And-Hold The Strategy For You?

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Is Buy-And-Hold The Strategy For You? 03/01/01 03:17:41 PM PST -----------------------------------------------------------------------------...
Wednesday 8 July 2009

Opportunity Cost and Opportunity Lost

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A value investor's mind operates in a continuous buzz, deciding whether an investment is achieving its best possible returns or whether...

Pruning the Dead Branches

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It isn't hard to show what happens when you hang on to losers, or even the inferior "winners." Click here: Compared to market ...

Opportunity Lost

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The mathematical power of compounding makes a small increase in investing return, or i , very compelling. To increase the chances of achiev...