As recently as the early 90s, investors had little idea what their portfolios were worth on a daily basis. Stock quotes were published in newspapers. Only professionals had real time stock quotes. To learn your account balance, you had to call your broker or wait for a statement.
Statements came out quarterly in most cases. Monthly statements were uncommon - and remember, this was all by physical mail.
Day trading was far more rare than today.
This created more long term thinking for many investors.
Wise investors had a plan and would stick to it.
Today we have a plethora of information we can access & act on instantly. Those who make money from this model encourage active trading, but it is antithetical to sound investing. Looking at your account daily & trading daily is more often a formula for ruin than wealth creation.
Break from the noise to find the signal.
Back to basics:

Markets are driven by fear and greed. Know this.
Have a plan.
Be diversified.
Be patient.
Be selective.
Only actively trade of it’s your vocation and you can beat the pros consistently AND make up for the time it takes.
Risk is the wealth killer.
Avoid it when possible, manage it & think about it constantly. Think about all types of risks including the risk that you are wrong or that those you listen to are wrong.
It’s far better to hit consistently than break your arm trying to hit home runs.
Deeply understand what you invest in.
Know what it is, why it has value, have a thesis, understand how it fits with the rest of your portfolio & constantly reevaluate.
Live beneath your means. Add to your portfolio with income & keep expenses low - especially fixed expenses.
And lastly, for those just starting out— hang around winners. Losers are real.
Learn to identify losers and avoid them like the plague.

Get to a geographic area and as close as possible to a peer group who are winners and who understand and have a positive mindset on wealth. 🚀

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Definition of a security in the US based on the 1933 Act:

any note,
stock,
treasury stock,
security future,
security-based swap,
bond,
debenture,
evidence of indebtedness,
certificate of interest or participation in any profit-sharing agreement,
collateral-trust certificate,

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preorganization certificate or subscription,
transferable share,
investment contract, (⬅️⬅️⬅️ that’s a big one)
voting-trust certificate,
certificate of deposit for a security,
fractional undivided interest in oil, gas, or other mineral rights,
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option,
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or privilege on any security,
certificate of deposit,
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straddle,
option,
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Some don’t know:

Muslims believe in Jesus.
In Islam, Jesus Christ is considered a prophet who’s name is followed by “Peace be upon him”. Jesus is in more verses of the Koran than anyone other than the Prophet Mohammed. Muslims also believe Jesus was born of the Virgin Mary

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2) and that Jesus healed the sick. Many Muslims are named after Jesus and Mary.
Where Christianity and Islam differ most on this is that Christians believe Jesus was the son of God, died for our sins and was resurrected
many Muslims believe he was more of a spiritual son of God
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I’ve only been out in the world less than 10 times in the last year. Worn a mask less than 10 times.
Went out yesterday.
People have gone nuts. The masks, the signs everywhere, restrictions; the general mood. Businesses closed everywhere. It’s an authoritarian hellscape.
Totally nonsensical and non-scientific wackiness in the name of “science”. I heard you can get a massage or facial but you still have to wear a mask - that’s just pure nonsense. Wearing masks when jogging or walking alone is insanity.
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College kids are getting tested weekly.
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YES DECENTRALIZED LEDGERS CAN FIX WALL STREET

Send your champions - I will debate anyone on this.

It’s a complex topic not well suited for tweets.

But yes, much of this is solved by DLTs.

Root issue is a bad ledger & trusted 3rd parties.

A database can’t fix this.
A database is what we already have on Wall St and it’s a mess.

Understanding how to fix it first requires understanding how it works now (it’s counterintuitive). It’s a mistake to assume it’s an easy fix with “a database”.
A solution has to solve the problem of hundreds of various parties not trusting each other and complex high volume reporting and other factors.
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Blockchains are actually good at that.
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As with K-12 the spending is absurd.

A good chunk of this also comes from taxpayers.

usnews.com/education/best…
3/ Taxpayers support the public universities directly & taxpayers also support private colleges & the overall system through student loan guarantee programs & special spending.

Colleges don’t have to pay taxes like almost every other enterprise.
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Khan Academy is free. MasterClass is $180 a year.

The Zoom classes your kid is taking costs taxpayers an average of $16,000 per student, per year.
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So a class of 20 students on Zoom costs the taxpayers over $400,000.
Lots of people who earn money from this system are offended at these posts which simply state the prices. Of course they are defensive... the numbers are damning. Everyone knows it’s a scam.

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