Rob Berger
@boogonie
Rob Berger
the-complete-collection.pdf
oaktreecapital.comAll of Howard Marks’s memos from 1990 to 2025 in one pdf.
The second time you install vacuum tubes into a handmade 2A3 stereo amplifier, you’ll know that two of the four pins are slightly larger than the other two. And you’ll know that the tubes go in pretty easily, you don’t have to force them.
You may know these things because the first time you did it, you pushed really hard and wrecked the tube.
Experie... See more
You may know these things because the first time you did it, you pushed really hard and wrecked the tube.
Experie... See more
“But I didn’t know”
Experience that teaches us something is valuable.
A car is not just slightly faster and more reliable than a horse (although in the early days of the automobile industry, it was apparently common for pedestrians to yell “Get a horse!” at passing motorists); cars transformed American cities.
stratechery.com • The Benefits of Bubbles – Stratechery by Ben Thompson
A story about how change is difficult.
Why Families Need to Plan for Death While Still Alive
institutionalinvestor.com
Need to research more on “death audits.”
Is it possible to re-arrange your day to produce just a little more ownership each day?
If we’re busy paying rent, it’s often difficult to find the focus and resources to build an asset, and so the cycle persists.
If you’re not sure where you stand, you’re probably a tenant.
If we’re busy paying rent, it’s often difficult to find the focus and resources to build an asset, and so the cycle persists.
If you’re not sure where you stand, you’re probably a tenant.
Landlords and tenants
Build assets rather than renting somebody else’s.
What Tom Brady’s actually obsessed with, he has said, is trying “to get a little bit better each day.”
I Stopped Caring About Results (And Started Getting Them) - RyanHoliday.net
Progress, however small, is the goal.
Empowering Financial Advisers and Financial Planning Firms
timeline.coA financial planning tool I learned about from ChatGPT.
Traditional IRA Growth Is Tax-Free (And When to Take RMDs)
Traditional IRA Growth Is Tax-Free (And When to Take RMDs) — Oblivious Investor
No, it’s not better to take RMDs at the start of the year so that any gains are taxed as capital gains (in a taxable account) rather than ordinary income.
Notes on Being a Man
amazon.com