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The Infant Learner

Some stuff I read this week:

A. Market Research

MFP Market Report Card (MFP)
Is It Different This Time? (SL)
The Latest Edition of Wealth Conversations (FI)
Where Are We in the Market Cycle? A Framework for Comprehensive Analysis (ML)

B. Entrepreneurial Diary

Deewar Chot (SK)
What Nobody Tells You (SC)
Past, Present, and Future (IR)
How to Learn – Do Not Imitate (CE)
The 4 Types of Leverage to Supercharge Your Income (DD)

C. Understanding Risk

The Cost of Being Right (OW)
The Truth About Investing (CFA) (PPT)
Fewer Losers, or More Winners? (OC)
Understanding Risk – How Investors should think about Risk (DM)

D. Personal Finance

Just Being Average (HD)
What is Zero Cost Term Insurance? (BN)
Mistakes That Compound in the Markets (CS)
How Likely is a 12% Return Over The Long Term? (CI)
How Can I Increase Equity Exposure From 10% to 60%? (FF)
Why Mutual Funds Data Shows Risky Investor Behaviour (IE)
Should You Book Profits Or Stay Put In Mid & Smallcap? (AK)

E. Other Articles

What Matters? (BI)
Envy and the Law of Janteloven (OW)
Family of Value: The Davis Dynasty (AL)
Anything Can Happen At Any Time (TS)
The Man Who Made a Killing on the 1929 Crash (NI)
The Most Important Traits of a Successful Investor(FI)
The Most Important Thing That Counts in Investing (SN)
Interview with Renaissance Technologies CEO, Peter Brown (GS)
Midcaps & Smallcaps: Where Can Investors Look For The Next Opportunities? (SV)
Investing against the Grain: Spotting Quality in Downturn” with Keshav Garg (SI)

“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