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Can You Actually Time the Stock Market?

Phil Town

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Market timing or being able to time the stock market – predicting when it is going to crash and investing accordingly – is the holy grail of investing…investing Nirvana.

Having a crystal ball to predict the market is every investor’s dream.

3 Common Investing Lies Busted

Phil Town

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There are common investing lies and myths that can often scare off the individual investor and make them wonder if investing is worth it.

I have put together my top 3 straight up investing lies that the majority of people are taught to believe.

Market Fluctuations, Invested & Market Crashes

Phil Town

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Following the release of the book that I co-authored with my daughter Danielle Town, Invested: How Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger Taught Me to Master My Mind, My Emotions, and My Money (with a Little Help from My Dad), Danielle and I have been hitting the media circuit.

5 Investing Tools to Help You Track the Stock Market

Phil Town

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When you start investing, it is best to choose companies that have value to you.

Investing is not just about finding businesses at really good prices, but about understanding when to enter or exit the market. To aid in your understanding, I have compiled a list of essential investing tools that anyone buying or selling stocks should know about.

Is Inflation Stealing Your Money? The Effects of Inflation on Your Retirement

Phil Town

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Inflation is something that many people completely forget to factor in when calculating how much money they’re going to need for retirement.

Most people tend to assume that if you want to live on say, $50,000 a year for the rest of your life you need to multiply that number by 30 years and that’s how much you need. What they don’t take into account is inflation.

Warren Buffett’s Advice: Why You Should Buy and Hold

Phil & Danielle

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“Our favorite stock holding period is forever.” – Warren Buffett Quote

I want to talk to you about some of the best advice I’ve ever received from one of my favorite investors, Warren Buffett. The key to successful investing is buying a great company when it’s on sale and then holding it for long periods of time.

Why Responsible Investing With Integrity is Important

Phil Town

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Rule #1 investing isn’t a value system, it’s an investing strategy, but it works better if you’re fighting for something you truly believe in. It helps when you’re…

6 Principles The Best Investors Use to Crush The Market

Phil Town

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The following 6 principles come from the Rule #1 tradition. In 2014 the non-profit group, The American Association of Individual Investors rated the Rule #1 hedge fund strategy…

Invested: Episode 10- 26 Is The Magic Number

Phil & Danielle

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Mohnish Pabrai has a 26 on his license plate. Buffett should have it, Munger should have it and you should have it too. Find out what it means in this episode.

THE VALUE OF A MEDICAL DEGREE

Phil Town

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Here’s Buffett on how to calculate the intrinsic value of a college education:

“Book value is the cost of the college education plus foregone earnings one didn’t receive for those 4 years.  Intrinsic value is the earnings over a lifetime less what would have been made without college discount to grad day at appropriate risk rate.”

Let’s see how getting a medical degree looks in terms of its book value versus its intrinsic value.