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The Infant Learner

Some stuff I read this week:

A. Market Research

MFP Market Report Card (MFP)
The Latest Edition of Wealth Conversations Report (FI)

B. Entrepreneurial Diary

Culture (MI)
The Liabilities of Success (DD)
The Offers You Shouldn’t Accept (YM)
William James Formula For Self-Esteem (DF)
Fake It Till You Make It: DC Solar Power Ponzi Scheme (TA)
Sol Price: The Founder who taught Jim Sinegal, Jeff Bezos, Sam Walton & Bernie Marcus (WH)

C. Why Do Investors Fail?

Why Do Investors Fail? (IS)
Is long-Term Investing Dead? (ET)
Don’t Be Your Own Worst Enemy (BR)
5 Principles for Long Term Investing (MS)
Arthur Zeikel’s Investing Advice (NI)
The Great Disconnect: Aspirant Way and GOAT way (BH)
The Stock Market Usually Goes Up (But Sometimes it Goes Down) (CS)

D. Personal Finance

Chemistry of Investing (LM)
Gold as a Safe-Haven Asset (AA) (DD) (IM)
Why Direct Investing Is Not Necessary? (SS)
The Stock Market is Not a Casino (CS)
Beating the S&P 500 at Its Own Game (MS)
Why Clients are Attracted to Complex Investments (AP)
The Curious Case Of Alleged AT-1 Bonds Misselling By HDFC Bank (BQ)

E. Other Articles

Unbreakable (MC)
I Don’t Know (CA)
Expectations Debt (MH)
The Winner’s Game (IT)
Concentrating on the Best (US)
Investment Junk Food (BI)
The Survival Instinct of Money (MT)
When Do You Average Down? (BC)
31 Lessons I’ve Learned About Money (RH)
The World’s Greatest Miracle Drug (OW)
What Would Your Investing Obituary Say? (VD)
How Many Of Your Investments Will Survive? (CM)
Beyond Instant Gratification – Contentment and Discipline (FP)
One Edge That Individual Investors Have Over Fund Managers (FL)
Market Forecasts: We Go Wrong in Predicting Even the Impact of Events, Not Just the Events (ML)

“I read everything: annual reports, 10k’s, 10q’s, biographies, histories, five newspapers a day. On airplanes, I read the instructions on the backs of seats. Reading is key. Reading has made me rich over time” – Warren Buffett

“I constantly see people rise in life who are not the smartest, sometimes not even the most diligent, but they are learning machines. They go to bed every night a little wiser than they were when they got up and boy does that help, particularly when you have a long run ahead of you” – Charlie Munger

You have to apply yourself each day to becoming a little better. By applying yourself to the task of becoming a little better each and every day over a period of time, you will become a lot better”-  Carol Dweck