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Advanced Investing: The Barbell Strategy for Investing

Advanced Investing: The Barbell Strategy for Bastards

Last updated: November 20, 2020 | Published on November 30, 2017 | Richard Meadows

Marry an accountant, but have occasional flings with rock stars. Lift very heavy weights for a few repetitions, then do lots of low-impact cardio. Work a secure and boring job, while pursuing highly speculative ventures on the side.
The common thread running through all these ideas is called the ‘Barbell Strategy’, and it’s useful for all sorts of big decisions – from your career and work, to health and fitness, and of course, your investment portfolio…

Use The Force to Win At Investing: Lessons From a Billionaire

How a Billionaire Taught Me to Invest Using the Force

Last updated: March 28, 2020 | Published on February 11, 2017 | Richard Meadows

Star Wars fans come in all shapes and sizes. Sometimes they look like scruffy, twenty-something writers from a small island on the arse-end of the world. Other times they look like besuited, seventy-year-old billionaire fund managers from the American mid-west. David Booth is co-founder of Dimensional Fund Advisors, which manages about $445 billion of investor cash. I didn’t get to ask him to weigh in on the Han vs Greedo controversy, but our conversation was still among the most life-changing I’ve ever had.

Becoming an investor: An animated guide for beginners

How to Become an Investor: An Animated Guide for Beginners

Last updated: March 28, 2020 | Published on November 17, 2016 | Richard Meadows

If you’ve hitched your wagon to the Deep Dish caravan, you’ve got a big problem on your hands: A bunch of small but powerful lifestyle tweaks have unleashed a tsunami of savings and filled your pockets with cash. What to do with all that lovely money? Getting started with investing is easy, and anyone can do it! Come join our hero Jimmy on his epic animated adventure from total noob to investing badass.