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Hopefully, it will be the theme for a few days.
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Eerily similar to the investment advice of the CEO of a company I once worked at. They recommended purchasing stock in bankrupt companies that "weren't going away". American Airlines for example. A great way to boost your returns he said. When the market was down for a spell they would lament about only having 3% puts on the S&P 500.
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This is from Scott Adams....in 2/21 Dilbert... http://dilbert.com/

That's about right.
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I merged Igglesman's thread into here. Here's the cartoon direct from from Dilbert.com:

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Dilbert has been on a run lately:

http://dilbert.com/strip/2015-02-26
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It's a series called: Boss gives Asok investment advice Inline linking to Thursday's cartoon from dilbert.com:

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If anything shows up tomorrow, post the image here. In firefox, right-click --> view image. Then, past the link using the "img" tags. Attribute the image (give credit) to Dilbert.com. The above image looks like this:

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Monday's cartoon from Dilbert.com:

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For those needing background info: Southwest Airlines Engulfing, Reversal Candle Signals Downsi
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[Thread merged into here, see below. --admin LadyGeek]

From today's cartoon:

Isok the Intern: "I followed your investment advice and lost all my savings in the stock market."

Pointy-haired Boss: "Did I mention that past performance is not an indication of future returns?"

Intern: "Then... how does 'advice' actually work?"

Boss: "It only works for the people that give it."
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Scott Adams has got to be on here :happy
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FYI - I merged trueblueky's thread into here.
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Thanks for all the lol's from Dilbert! I had an Organization Theory Prof back in the day that absolutely loved Dilbert. If Adams does not imbibe here then he certainly should!
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This sort of post is entertaining... but definitely a rabbit hole....
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It gets better ...

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This stuff is brilliant. It's easy to read, it's got the punch, and great visuals. If you put a short essay with each cartoon to explain the underlying issues, it would make a very effective teaching tool. It could potentially reach a wide audience, as many people won't read investing books because they are boring, overly technical, and dryer than a martini in the Sahara.
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scone wrote:This stuff is brilliant. It's easy to read, it's got the punch, and great visuals. If you put a short essay with each cartoon to explain the underlying issues, it would make a very effective teaching tool. It could potentially reach a wide audience, as many people won't read investing books because they are boring, overly technical, and dryer than a martini in the Sahara.
https://retirementplans.vanguard.com/VG ... nalFinance

Not exactly what you had in mind, but maybe someday he'll integrate this with the strips.
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I believe the Guide is published in "The Way of the Weasel".

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scone wrote:This stuff is brilliant. It's easy to read, it's got the punch, and great visuals. If you put a short essay with each cartoon to explain the underlying issues, it would make a very effective teaching tool. It could potentially reach a wide audience, as many people won't read investing books because they are boring, overly technical, and dryer than a martini in the Sahara.
Cartoons and various humorous illustrations have always been used in financial books and articles, even dictionaries, and including the classics, A Random Walk Down Wall Street and, of course, Where Are the Customers' Yachts? As you might expect, the cartoons include many from The New Yorker, but also "Doonesbury" and "Garfield." The 1999 dictionary is "The Merriam-Webster and Garfield Dictionary" and the comic's creator Jim Davis writes in an intro, "Something about putting a visual with the words cuts through the muck allowing the cognitive process to kick in!" ..."The use of humor is not only a pleasurable way to learn, but also a most effective way."

As for a "short essay" with each cartoon to explain it, Adams has annotated some of his book collections of comics to explain each strip on all subjects. Sometimes the annotations are needed, but even when not they are almost as funny as the comic.
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Fallible wrote:
scone wrote:This stuff is brilliant. It's easy to read, it's got the punch, and great visuals. If you put a short essay with each cartoon to explain the underlying issues, it would make a very effective teaching tool. It could potentially reach a wide audience, as many people won't read investing books because they are boring, overly technical, and dryer than a martini in the Sahara.
Cartoons and various humorous illustrations have always been used in financial books and articles, even dictionaries, and including the classics, A Random Walk Down Wall Street and, of course, Where Are the Customers' Yachts? As you might expect, the cartoons include many from The New Yorker, but also "Doonesbury" and "Garfield." The 1999 dictionary is "The Merriam-Webster and Garfield Dictionary" and the comic's creator Jim Davis writes in an intro, "Something about putting a visual with the words cuts through the muck allowing the cognitive process to kick in!" ..."The use of humor is not only a pleasurable way to learn, but also a most effective way."

As for a "short essay" with each cartoon to explain it, Adams has annotated some of his book collections of comics to explain each strip on all subjects. Sometimes the annotations are needed, but even when not they are almost as funny as the comic.
I'm aware of these works. What I'm trying to hint about, and maybe I should have been more direct, is that the Bogleheads might be even more successful if they took this kind of pop culture approach, as part of their educational toolkit. The wiki is great, especially if you have a decent education and you are a good English reader. But if you don't have that sort of background, an alternative like I suggested might be more effective for many people; it might broaden the audience.
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scone wrote:I'm aware of these works. What I'm trying to hint about, and maybe I should have been more direct, is that the Bogleheads might be even more successful if they took this kind of pop culture approach, as part of their educational toolkit. The wiki is great, especially if you have a decent education and you are a good English reader. But if you don't have that sort of background, an alternative like I suggested might be more effective for many people; it might broaden the audience.
I'd agree wholeheartedly. I used to think about proposing some kind of "Boglehead for Dummies" idea, but I like Bogleheads by Dilbert much more.

The wiki is really a place only for the converted; I never send people there to try to convince.
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Rolyatroba wrote:
scone wrote:I'm aware of these works. What I'm trying to hint about, and maybe I should have been more direct, is that the Bogleheads might be even more successful if they took this kind of pop culture approach, as part of their educational toolkit. The wiki is great, especially if you have a decent education and you are a good English reader. But if you don't have that sort of background, an alternative like I suggested might be more effective for many people; it might broaden the audience.
I'd agree wholeheartedly. I used to think about proposing some kind of "Boglehead for Dummies" idea, but I like Bogleheads by Dilbert much more.
Just as a stab in the dark, I sent an email to Scott Adams wondering if he would be willing to do an investment book as a collaboration with the Bogleheads (I assumed I could rally some official support). He did reply, twice even, but his governing thought was that tacking Dilbert humor to other subject matter has not worked well in the past. He did say he agreed with the mission, however. So, we've got that going for us!
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tacking Dilbert humor to other subject matter has not worked well in the past
Interesting, but I can see the point, that adding the humor is effective for those already converted, but offensive to those who disagree. For example, I think this is brilliant, insightful, and hilarious:
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but the day traders and factor tilters may not see anything funny at all.

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My wife is asking why I am laughing so hard. Second one from lady geek is so hilarious.
Thanks for the thread.
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