Humans are programmed to think short-term
Evolutionary, thinking short-term makes sense. It helps with survival.
Financial wellness is all about training yourself to develop a long-term mindset
Not easy -- it takes practice
1/ My Mission: To Spread Financial Wellness (thread)
Here’s what "financial wellness" means to me
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Humans are programmed to think short-term
Evolutionary, thinking short-term makes sense. It helps with survival.
Financial wellness is all about training yourself to develop a long-term mindset
Not easy -- it takes practice
If you join the right tribes, you can’t help but improve
My favs:
@AffordAnything
@ChooseFiFI
FinTwit
@MicroCapClub
@themotleyfoolFool
@visualizevalue
Twitter / Podcasts / Blogs / YouTube -- when used correctly -- are amazing resources
https://t.co/SzcOpzuIq0
1/ YouTube is an AMAZING resource when used properly (Thread)
— Brian Feroldi (@BrianFeroldi) November 7, 2020
Here are my favorite YouTube channels:
Top 5:
Mark Rober - @MarkRober
Real Engineering
Smarter Every Day - @smartereveryday
Stuff Made Here - @stuffmadehere
Wintegartan - @wintergatan
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Educate yourself - constantly!
Especially about:
1⃣Money
2⃣Relationships
3⃣Health
These 3 categories have an outsized influence on all areas of your life
Books help
https://t.co/OLFscnwtZh
1/ Book recommendations (thread)
— Brian Feroldi (@BrianFeroldi) November 20, 2020
Start Here:
Choose FI
Richest Man in Babylon
Millionaire Next Door
Rich Dad, Poor Dad
The Wealthy Barber
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In the beginning, focus on growing your income
Do more than what is expected
Become a lynchpin
Find a career that you ENJOY (<- important!) that also has high-income potential
Start a side hustle (<- important!)
Build your talent stack
https://t.co/7wd8LJbZaE
Boosting your salary is a great way to turbo-charge wealth building
— Brian Feroldi (@BrianFeroldi) November 1, 2020
Here's the good news: Your salary is negotiable!@themotleyfool and @ChooseFi have some AMAZING free resources for scoring a big raise:
Use them!
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Network!
@jordanharbinger’s course is great
Ask co-workers you don’t know out to lunch. Pick their brain. Don’t ask for anything in return.
Just focus on developing relationships
You don’t get rich at work — you get rich at home
Its YOUR responsibility to become wealthy, not your employers
Track your spending!
@Mint / @PersonalCapital / @ynab / Excel / Google Sheets
I don’t care how, just do it!
Attack ALL costs
Big 4 especially
1⃣Housing
2⃣Transport
3⃣Food
4⃣Education
Eliminate all luxuries - You can always add them back if you truly miss them
Use @FrugalWoods / @mrmoneymustache / @ChooseFi as guides
You need to know where you stand today
Create an:
1⃣Income Statement
2⃣Net Worth Statement
https://t.co/QYHH8o8l2I
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— Brian Feroldi (@BrianFeroldi) November 29, 2020
My Mission: To Spread Financial Wellness (thread)
I added some free sheets to my public checklist to help do just that
New Tabs:
1\u20e3Profile
2\u20e3Personal Finance Checklist
3\u20e3Goals
4\u20e3Income Statement
5\u20e3Net Worth Statement
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Boost your savings rate
10% is the minimum
20% is achievable for most
50%+ is hard, but not impossible
Go hardcore for a few years, especially in the beginning
It makes a huge difference
Use your savings to eliminate ALL non-mortgage debt
Then, build an emergency fund of 3+ months of expenses
Max out all retirement accounts
401(k) / 403 (b) / IRA / ROTH IRA / HSA.....etc
Broad-based, low-cost index funds are a great choice
Once your personal finances are rock-solid, you can focus on growing your wealth
If stock investing bores you, just buy broad-based, low-cost index funds
If stock investing interests you, learn how to invest
I highly recommend subscribing to @TMFStockAdvisor and @TMFRuleBreakers
I'm biased, but this is where I learned almost everything that I know about investing
Free podcasts:
@AnswersPodcast
@MotleyFoolMoney
@MFIndustryFocus
@MarketFoolery
@RBIPodcast
What I wish I knew when I first started
https://t.co/AQj6IXOaxO
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— Brian Feroldi (@BrianFeroldi) November 29, 2020
1/ Stock prices & business profits are not at all linked in the short-term,
but are 100% linked in the long-term
Own companies that will have much higher profits in 10 years than they do today
Mental Model: pic.twitter.com/VJUuGICiOs
Use checklists, journals, and watchlists!
https://t.co/wbA3UYxYyb
1/ How to create an investment checklist (thread)
— Brian Feroldi (@BrianFeroldi) December 8, 2020
Checklists are an amazing, FREE, underutilized investing tool
Here's the step-by-step process for how to create your own
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Invest in high-quality businesses Part 1
https://t.co/GTP6B0zKy4
1/ Is this company high-quality? (Thread)
— Brian Feroldi (@BrianFeroldi) November 5, 2020
Many factors to consider -- why checklists are amazing!
Here's my step-by-step process for figuring that out
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Invest in high-quality businesses part 2
https://t.co/FgHUb7UMUO
1/ Part 2 - Is this company high quality?
— Brian Feroldi (@BrianFeroldi) November 5, 2020
Take score from part 1: https://t.co/GTP6B0zKy4
Then we subtract scores for big risks in the 'gauntlet'
Max gauntlet score -54
Here's the step-by-step process
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How to build positions
https://t.co/wz34d9VbGk
Tom Engle taught me to build positions in great growth stocks at "better and better value points" over time
— Brian Feroldi (@BrianFeroldi) June 24, 2020
Here's how to do it:
Say I wanted to gradually build a position in $SBUX from scratch
1) Pull it up in Yahoo Finance. Click on "statistics" pic.twitter.com/KYNBhfREMz
It's OK to suck in the beginning
I sure did!
https://t.co/1JRKsf1d0I
When I started "investing" in 2004 I had no idea what I was doing
— Brian Feroldi (@BrianFeroldi) October 31, 2020
I couldn't tell you ANYTHING about a balance sheet, income statement, management...nothing!
To prove just how bad I was, I looked up the first stocks I bought in 2004-2007
Here's how it went...
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Last week, I asked my followers to share their favorite Twitter threads
I receive tons of wonderful replies and read through them all
Here are 31 amazing threads that are well worth your time ⬇️
1/ @10kdiver on
2/ @aaronbush100 on 20 semi-controversial investing
3/ @annieduke on category
4/ @awilkinson on losing
I receive tons of wonderful replies and read through them all
Here are 31 amazing threads that are well worth your time ⬇️
1/ @10kdiver on
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— 10-K Diver (@10kdiver) April 10, 2021
Get a cup of coffee.
In this thread, I'll walk you through the basics of leverage -- in our personal lives and in the companies we invest in. pic.twitter.com/9MilmwE9f7
2/ @aaronbush100 on 20 semi-controversial investing
20 semi-controversial investing beliefs [THREAD]:
— Aaron Bush (@aaronbush100) May 24, 2020
3/ @annieduke on category
The most dangerous category of poor decisions are ones that remain easily hidden from view because any instance of that type of decision is so easy to rationalize.
— Annie Duke (@AnnieDuke) October 7, 2020
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4/ @awilkinson on losing
This is a story about how I lost $10,000,000 by doing something stupid.
— Andrew Wilkinson (@awilkinson) March 30, 2021
Ten. Million. Dollars.
Literally up in smoke. Money bonfire.
That\u2019s enough to retire with $250,000+ in annual income.
Here\u2019s what happened\u2026
1/ I'm a huge fan of checklists
I use them every day to help me find great investments
Want to create your own investment checklist?
Here are some great resources to help you get started
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2/ Here's my free public spreadsheet that details my current
3/ Here's my detailed board post about how to use the
4/ Here's a detailed thread on Michael Shern's EXCELLENT investment
5/ Here's a thread on how I created my
I use them every day to help me find great investments
Want to create your own investment checklist?
Here are some great resources to help you get started
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2/ Here's my free public spreadsheet that details my current
3/ Here's my detailed board post about how to use the
4/ Here's a detailed thread on Michael Shern's EXCELLENT investment
Just finishing reading "The Investment Checklist" by Michael Shearn.
— Brian Feroldi (@BrianFeroldi) July 4, 2020
It's EXCELLENT.
I HIGHLY recommend it!
(Puts my checklist to shame.)
Here's the book's checklist:
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5/ Here's a thread on how I created my
1/ How to create an investment checklist (thread)
— Brian Feroldi (@BrianFeroldi) December 8, 2020
Checklists are an amazing, FREE, underutilized investing tool
Here's the step-by-step process for how to create your own
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If you pick stocks, you MUST learn how to read an income statement.
Here’s everything you need to know:
The income statement shows a company’s revenue and expenses over a period of time, usually a quarter or year.
It’s also called:
▪️Profit and Loss statement, or “P & L”
▪️Statement of earnings
It follows this basic format:
Most public companies show their income statement in their quarterly earnings press release, but not always
Find them by looking at:
▪️10-Q (quarterly report)
▪️10-K (annual report)
▪️Aggregator websites like @theTIKR
Let's use Home Depot fiscal 2021 as an example
Step 1: Get the data
▪️ Go to https://t.co/OO3BfNGWVl
▪️ Search "HD"
▪️ Click the "10-K" from March 23rd
▪️ Scroll to "Statement of earnings"
The income statement flows in a step-down manner.
The top number is revenue (sales), and costs + expenses are subtracted as you go down
Here’s everything you need to know:
The income statement shows a company’s revenue and expenses over a period of time, usually a quarter or year.
It’s also called:
▪️Profit and Loss statement, or “P & L”
▪️Statement of earnings
It follows this basic format:
Most public companies show their income statement in their quarterly earnings press release, but not always
Find them by looking at:
▪️10-Q (quarterly report)
▪️10-K (annual report)
▪️Aggregator websites like @theTIKR
Let's use Home Depot fiscal 2021 as an example
Step 1: Get the data
▪️ Go to https://t.co/OO3BfNGWVl
▪️ Search "HD"
▪️ Click the "10-K" from March 23rd
▪️ Scroll to "Statement of earnings"
The income statement flows in a step-down manner.
The top number is revenue (sales), and costs + expenses are subtracted as you go down
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The Dutch regulator and DNB as financial supervisor are a tough cookie to deal with. In essence they hyperregulate EU-rules into goldplated Dutch rules which go beyond what is prescribed in Europe.
All NL-customers at British banks may thus be kicked out on brexit.
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If we start with the capital requirements directive, it says attracting deposits is forbidden. In article 9.
https://t.co/RYl7SXligC
Now the translation of that rule into Dutch law is slightly expanded to not only prohibit attracting deposits, but to also prohibit, having those deposits under custody ('ter beschikking hebben').
That's not in EU law, but it is in our Dutch law.
https://t.co/PsbWfNY3PA
So if you wonder how this would work out for UK banks and Payment institutions servicing Dutch customers. Have a read at the technical explanation of DNB, the financial supervisor and their summarising table.
https://t.co/LL0fAnYkRJ
Passive servicing of Dutch is not allowed!
Any bank or PSP in the UK that continues to serve Dutch customers (as in retail customers, professional players are excepted) can thus be subject to fines and policing under Dutch law.
Meaning we not only have Accidental American issues in payments, but also Accidental Dutchies
All NL-customers at British banks may thus be kicked out on brexit.
Thread
/1
If we start with the capital requirements directive, it says attracting deposits is forbidden. In article 9.
https://t.co/RYl7SXligC
Now the translation of that rule into Dutch law is slightly expanded to not only prohibit attracting deposits, but to also prohibit, having those deposits under custody ('ter beschikking hebben').
That's not in EU law, but it is in our Dutch law.
https://t.co/PsbWfNY3PA
So if you wonder how this would work out for UK banks and Payment institutions servicing Dutch customers. Have a read at the technical explanation of DNB, the financial supervisor and their summarising table.
https://t.co/LL0fAnYkRJ
Passive servicing of Dutch is not allowed!
Any bank or PSP in the UK that continues to serve Dutch customers (as in retail customers, professional players are excepted) can thus be subject to fines and policing under Dutch law.
Meaning we not only have Accidental American issues in payments, but also Accidental Dutchies
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There you'll find links to all my podcasts, the TTMYGH newsletter, and other exciting future projects.
2/ In 2020, I reignited my passion for interviewing brilliant people by launching The Grant Williams Podcast in various forms, including The End Game, The Super Terrific Happy Hour, and The Narrative Game.
3/ Starting February 1, I'm taking the bold step of moving these podcasts completely behind a paywall.
For the very affordable price of only $10 a month, listeners can gain access to the Copper Tier of https://t.co/fxUfH8maI4, which includes all current & future podcasts.
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5/ I also strongly believe content creators should be able to make a living creating content. If everything is free, that’s not possible. I never seriously considered accepting outside sponsors – complete integrity is too critical to me.
There you'll find links to all my podcasts, the TTMYGH newsletter, and other exciting future projects.
2/ In 2020, I reignited my passion for interviewing brilliant people by launching The Grant Williams Podcast in various forms, including The End Game, The Super Terrific Happy Hour, and The Narrative Game.
3/ Starting February 1, I'm taking the bold step of moving these podcasts completely behind a paywall.
For the very affordable price of only $10 a month, listeners can gain access to the Copper Tier of https://t.co/fxUfH8maI4, which includes all current & future podcasts.
4/ Why am I doing this? First and foremost, I aspire to create VALUABLE content. By definition, if something is priced at $0, it isn’t valuable. The time, effort and creativity that goes into these episodes is substantial. To keep doing them properly, they can no longer be free.
5/ I also strongly believe content creators should be able to make a living creating content. If everything is free, that’s not possible. I never seriously considered accepting outside sponsors – complete integrity is too critical to me.
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USC's Interactive Media & Games Division cancels all-star panel that included top-tier game developers who were invited to share their experiences with students. Why? Because there were no women on the
ElectronConf is a conf which chooses presenters based on blind auditions; the identity, gender, and race of the speaker is not known to the selection team. The results of that merit-based approach was an all-male panel. So they cancelled the conference.
Apple's head of diversity (a black woman) got in trouble for promoting a vision of diversity that is at odds with contemporary progressive dogma. (She left the company shortly after this
Also in the name of diversity, there is unabashed discrimination against men (especially white men) in tech, in both hiring policies and in other arenas. One such example is this, a developer workshop that specifically excluded men: https://t.co/N0SkH4hR35
USC's Interactive Media & Games Division cancels all-star panel that included top-tier game developers who were invited to share their experiences with students. Why? Because there were no women on the
ElectronConf is a conf which chooses presenters based on blind auditions; the identity, gender, and race of the speaker is not known to the selection team. The results of that merit-based approach was an all-male panel. So they cancelled the conference.
Apple's head of diversity (a black woman) got in trouble for promoting a vision of diversity that is at odds with contemporary progressive dogma. (She left the company shortly after this
Also in the name of diversity, there is unabashed discrimination against men (especially white men) in tech, in both hiring policies and in other arenas. One such example is this, a developer workshop that specifically excluded men: https://t.co/N0SkH4hR35
