Comments on: The World’s Most Successful Depression-Era Investor http://livingoffdividends.com/2008/11/09/the-worlds-most-successful-depression-era-investor/ Join me on my journey to achieve financial independence through dividends, passive income and investments Tue, 13 Dec 2011 07:31:37 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 By: robert remick http://livingoffdividends.com/2008/11/09/the-worlds-most-successful-depression-era-investor/comment-page-1/#comment-36097 robert remick Sat, 28 Feb 2009 16:20:57 +0000 http://livingoffdividends.com/?p=848#comment-36097 I finally found him. His name was Bernard Baruch. A successful investor/speculator who helped President Roosevelt write the Recovery Act during the 30's I finally found him. His name was Bernard Baruch.
A successful investor/speculator who helped President
Roosevelt write the Recovery Act during the 30’s

]]> By: Patrick http://livingoffdividends.com/2008/11/09/the-worlds-most-successful-depression-era-investor/comment-page-1/#comment-24985 Patrick Sun, 30 Nov 2008 18:23:36 +0000 http://livingoffdividends.com/?p=848#comment-24985 Interesting. His economic theories are crap (I adhere to the Austrian school of economic theory). But he was a good investor. Interesting. His economic theories are crap (I adhere to the Austrian school of economic theory). But he was a good investor.

]]> By: G.L. http://livingoffdividends.com/2008/11/09/the-worlds-most-successful-depression-era-investor/comment-page-1/#comment-24010 G.L. Sun, 23 Nov 2008 02:20:38 +0000 http://livingoffdividends.com/?p=848#comment-24010 This sounds fascinating and I'm also looking forward to reading this book. In response to Blake - investors today have a number of advantages over the investors of the past, but there are some disadvantages, too. For example, back in the day (up until the '70s or even later, I believe), you could use the insider information. That's pretty much what Buffett did when he first decided to purchase GEICO, as well as a number of other stocks. Then there's the 2002 day-trading regulation by the SEC that prohibits small-cap investors who have less than $25,000 from making more than 4 trades in 5 business days. If they break that rule their account will be frozen for 3 months. :( That's why I personally think that investors had it much better all those decades ago, and I shudder to think how much worse it's going to get for us in the coming years. This sounds fascinating and I’m also looking forward to reading this book. In response to Blake – investors today have a number of advantages over the investors of the past, but there are some disadvantages, too. For example, back in the day (up until the ’70s or even later, I believe), you could use the insider information. That’s pretty much what Buffett did when he first decided to purchase GEICO, as well as a number of other stocks. Then there’s the 2002 day-trading regulation by the SEC that prohibits small-cap investors who have less than $25,000 from making more than 4 trades in 5 business days. If they break that rule their account will be frozen for 3 months. :(

That’s why I personally think that investors had it much better all those decades ago, and I shudder to think how much worse it’s going to get for us in the coming years.

]]> By: Blake http://livingoffdividends.com/2008/11/09/the-worlds-most-successful-depression-era-investor/comment-page-1/#comment-23556 Blake Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:53:48 +0000 http://livingoffdividends.com/?p=848#comment-23556 That's unreal; we talk about Keynes all the time in our econ classes, but I had no idea he was a successful investor. I think it's fascinating reading about these old-timer investors who did so well even without the modern technological conveniences that we take for granted. I can't imagine trying to invest without the use of the internet! Then again, maybe it's a testament that our age of information overload doesn't really help us out that much. Over the past 10-15 years, there aren't many (if any) mutual funds that have done as well as Keynes did. That’s unreal; we talk about Keynes all the time in our econ classes, but I had no idea he was a successful investor.

I think it’s fascinating reading about these old-timer investors who did so well even without the modern technological conveniences that we take for granted. I can’t imagine trying to invest without the use of the internet! Then again, maybe it’s a testament that our age of information overload doesn’t really help us out that much. Over the past 10-15 years, there aren’t many (if any) mutual funds that have done as well as Keynes did.

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