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Warren Buffett once admitted that selling McDonald's shares was 'a very big mistake.' Today, they'd be worth over $10 billion | Fortune

Warren Buffett sold his McDonald's stake in 1998 for $1.4 billion, a decision he later acknowledged as a major mistake that cost Berkshire Hathaway approximately $8.9 billion in unrealized gains.

fromBig Think

4 months ago

How your cognitive biases lead to terrible investing behaviors

I think a lot of people don't realize that investing is a problem that's been solved. We know what the average returns are for equity, for fixed income. We know what inflation looks like over the long haul. We know what the economy broadly does, what the range looks like. The variable, the wild card, that we haven't yet solved for is our own behavior.

Psychology

Real estate

fromBusiness Insider

5 months ago

We retired early and teach a course on financial independence. These are 5 mistakes we keep seeing people make.

Avoid high-fee advisors and speculative bets; choose low-cost index funds, aim for average market returns, and minimize big risks to reach early retirement sooner.

Digital life

fromIndependent

6 months ago

Financial experts make mistakes too - from crypto to foreign property, five money pros share their greatest regret

Financial experts also experience money regrets, showing mistakes are common among all individuals.

fromBusiness Insider

7 months ago

We bought an apartment in Queens because we thought it was a good investment, but we were wrong

When we married in 2008, we made what felt like a good investment decision by leaving our two-bedroom Astoria rental for a spacious apartment in Forest Hills.

NYC real estate

Relationships

fromBuzzFeed

8 months ago

Former Millionaires Are Revealing How They Lost All Of Their Money, And My Mouth Is Wide Open

Even millionaires can lose everything due to mismanagement, poor choices, and unforeseen circumstances.

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