index funds

“How I invest is basically every month I dollar cost average into index funds. So that's my, that's the core of it. And then on top of that rarely, but it is a portion of my portfolio when I come across an individual stock that is attractive to me for whatever …”

“Having index funds as major holders of securities in stable market conditions actually reduces the liquidity of companies, and it means that sort of hedge funds and more active investors who are making day-to-day buy and sell decisions actually push securities…”

“My investing strategy is To own index funds for as long as I possibly can. To be average for an above average period of time. And I think that will actually lead to an incredible outcome. Not only will it achieve the financial goals that I have for my family, …”

“Or even from 2000 to 2010, you had basically zero percent real returns in index funds.”

“I'm trying to think of what, like, the percentage-wise, it's probably something like, 15 to 20% cash, the house that I live in, and then the rest the rest index funds, and shares of Markel, where I'm on the board of directors. And that's it. Those are my only …”

“It's always going to be the case that a very small number of stocks account for the majority of returns. So recently it's been Fang plus Nvidia. If you didn't own those stocks, Fang plus Nvidia over the last decade, your odds of outperforming are very, very lo…”

“I bet over the course of a lifetime, not in any given year, but over a lifetime, if you compared it to someone whose finances were very complicated and had all kinds of transactions, not only would I be likely to match those, but probably exceed them.”

“They score you, but they score you with a black box. They don't tell you how they score you. Right. And guess how you can learn more. You hire them. So they get paid on both sides, and it's just, it's more of a heist, I think, than anything else.”