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  1. Pinned Tweet
    2 Sep 2019

    Start small. $10 a month. Buy an index ETF. Up the ante. $50 a month. Then $100. Eventually, more. Buy some stocks. Hold them for years. The market drops? Buy more. Big news headlines? Ignore ‘em. Invest every month. That’s Foolish.

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  2. 6 hours ago

    Long-term examples are helpful in times like these. In March 2000, Adobe was trading at $28 per share. Right near the market peak. Then the Nasdaq fell 80%. Eight years later, the market fell 50%. Now, 20 years after, Adobe is trading at $360. Annualized return: 13.6%

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  3. 8 hours ago

    INVESTMENT TRANSACTIONS -- the fewer you make, the better you perform. P.S. Unless you're repeatedly buying new positions and holding them indefinitely.

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  4. 20 hours ago

    The majority of your lifetime returns are determined by how cool you keep your head during a market panic.

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  5. 20 hours ago

    Warren Buffett's greatest skill is that he's been investing consistently for 80 years.

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  6. Mar 1

    Worst trait when investing is greed. Second worst is fear. Worst investing time horizon is hours. Second worst is days or weeks. Invest into index funds and companies you love -- for the very long term. Stay the course.

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  7. Retweeted
    Mar 1

    If you're worried that a company you own can't survive several quarters of disrupted growth due to the coronavirus (or another macro event), you probably shouldn't own that company in the first place.

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  8. Mar 1

    Sleeping well at night is a good financial goal.

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  9. Mar 1

    Read last year's market predictions and you'll never again take this year's predictions seriously.

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  10. Feb 28

    If you're a long-term investor, this is a good time to do something other than watch the market all day.

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  11. Feb 28

    With your investments over the next 5 years, which is more important to you:

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  12. Feb 28

    Bankers are smart enough to be greedy but not smart enough to be useful. - Chamath Palihapitiya

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  13. Feb 27

    If you plan to hold your stocks for 10+ years, history says now is probably a great time to buy. If you plan to hold your stocks less than a year, that's really just guessing.

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    Feb 27

    Hang in there folks, we’ve got a Live headed your way today at 3:30 today where we’ll dive into the madness of the week & what we as investors can do to manage our emotions through it all. Oh & stock ideas...we’ll definitely have some stock ideas too.

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  15. Feb 26

    Eight hours of sleep is a great long-term investment.

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  16. Feb 26

    CASH: offers no real return but provides flexibility. HOUSE: is a home, but after taxes & upkeep, offers little real return. STOCK: offers great returns but requires years of patience. A reminder in days like these. :)

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  17. Feb 26

    This is turning out to be the biggest market decline since the last big decline you wish you would have bought.

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  18. Feb 25

    What is the most important company in the world right now — and why?

    126 replies 15 retweets 128 likes
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  19. Feb 25

    If your time horizon is long enough, these selloffs mean very little.

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  20. Feb 25

    Deal with a market downturn in 5 words.

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  21. Feb 24

    Right now, the S&P 500 is 5% off its all-time high. On average, the S&P 500 falls 10% once every 11 months. Invest accordingly.

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