This Morning's Dilbert - Investment Help
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When times are good, investors tend to forget about risk and focus on opportunity. When times are bad, investors tend to forget about opportunity and focus on risk.
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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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I merged Igglesman's thread into here. Here's the cartoon direct from from Dilbert.com:
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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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Monday's cartoon from Dilbert.com:
For those needing background info: Southwest Airlines Engulfing, Reversal Candle Signals Downsi
For those needing background info: Southwest Airlines Engulfing, Reversal Candle Signals Downsi
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Dilbert on investment advice
[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."
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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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!
Good luck- Chris
And thank you Saint Jack and V* for recent ER changes.
Good luck- Chris
And thank you Saint Jack and V* for recent ER changes.
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This sort of post is entertaining... but definitely a rabbit hole....
I'm not a financial professional. Post is info only & not legal advice. No attorney-client relationship exists with reader. Scrutinize my ideas as if you spoke with a guy at a bar. I may be wrong.
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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.
"My bond allocation is the amount of money that I cannot afford to lose." -- Taylor Larimore
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https://retirementplans.vanguard.com/VG ... nalFinancescone 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.
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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You can get what you want, or you can just get old. (Billy Joel, "Vienna")
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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."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.
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.
"Yes, investing is simple. But it is not easy, for it requires discipline, patience, steadfastness, and that most uncommon of all gifts, common sense." ~Jack Bogle
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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.Fallible wrote: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."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.
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.
"My bond allocation is the amount of money that I cannot afford to lose." -- Taylor Larimore
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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.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.
The wiki is really a place only for the converted; I never send people there to try to convince.
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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!Rolyatroba wrote: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.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.
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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:tacking Dilbert humor to other subject matter has not worked well in the past
but the day traders and factor tilters may not see anything funny at all.
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You can get what you want, or you can just get old. (Billy Joel, "Vienna")
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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.
Thanks for the thread.
When in doubt, http://www.bogleheads.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=79939