JL Collins
@JLCollinsNH
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FI blogger most noted for The Stock Series. Author of The Simple Path to Wealth, How I Lost Money in Real Estate and Pathfinders
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GameStop Plunges!!
Bezos steps down!!
We don't care.
We don't have to.
VTSAX
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There are ~7.96 billion people in the world.
The Simple Path to Wealth has sold ~400,000 copies.
If you are one of the ones who bought it, you are in the .00005%.
Take that, you common 1%ers. 😉
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Jack Bogle died today. Great man. Great life. He was a fiscal saint and a personal hero. I was deeply honored to have received a personal email from him acknowledging my work.
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F-you money in action
David Faber asks about Elon's tweets.
"I’ll say what I want to say, and if the consequence of that is losing money, so be it," Elon Musk said on CNBC.
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The S&P 500 is flirting with the Bear (-20%+)
I just might start going through the couch cushions looking for money to invest. 😉
Of course it could bounce back, or go lower, before I do.😂
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Just signed a deal to publish The Simple Path to Wealth in Romanian. That makes 14 languages so far. 😎
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"From 1994 to 2023, there was the dot-com bubble, a 50% crash, 9/11, a housing bubble, the Great Financial Crisis (which came with another 50%+ crash), a handful of wars, 3 recessions and a pandemic.
…stock market was up 10% per year."
@awealthofcs
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😎Just signed a deal to publish The Simple Path to Wealth in the Marathi language (India)
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My daughter just made her March investment into VTSAX. Her money bought 19% more shares than in February.
A bear market for someone young and building wealth like her is an absolute gift!
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Jane got this shot of the moon & planets shortly after sunset last night...
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But this time is different, right!!??
Nope.
Every market drop feels like "This time is different."
Someday, if it truly is, nothing will matter least of all how you are invested.
Example...
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It's that time of year when many FI bloggers post their returns for the year just past, and you might be wondering if I'll be doing the same. I won't. It's part of the beauty of The Simple Path. 80% VTSAX, 20% VBTLX. You can look it up and know. 😂
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This little Google talk is closing in on 1,000,000 views 😮😎
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Our Japanese publisher just reported The Simple Path to Wealth sold 39,000 copies in Japanese during 2020 😮😎
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With the US election too close to call and stocks up sharply, clearly Mr. Market doesn’t care who the US president is. 😉
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Before the day slips away I just wanted to take a moment to wish you and yours....
A very
Merry Christmas
and a
Wonderful Holiday Season
Here's to a
Happy, Healthy(!) and Prosperous New Year!
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With the market down ~15% today from its high, I decided to move some VBTLX into VTSAX in my IRA.
Like buying anything on sale, you never know if you got a good price. It might be still lower tomorrow. Or the opportunity might be gone.
If prices go lower, I’ll move more.
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I don't expect my money to....
...entertain me.
...make me happy.
...make my problems disappear.
It is not suited for those things.
I only expect my money to work for me -- to make more money.
Invested properly, it does this exceptionally well.
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Happy Father’s Day to all those who are one! 😃
Also, today is the 7th birthday of The Simple Path to Wealth: June 18, 2016. 😎
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Happy Birthday to...
Published on June 18, 2016. Every year since it has sold better than the year before.
Thank you!
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The view from our room in the aptly named View Hotel in Monument Valley...
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Tied at
#2
with Charlie Munger?? I'll take it!
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I am genuinely curious...
...Why did you buy my book, The Simple Path to Wealth?
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"Millionaires are made during bear markets. Because if you can ignore the screaming news chatter and calmly buy into the storm, you’re going to become a millionaire when the next bull market returns."
Great post that also has a rational take on the virus
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Just signed the contract for the Russian publication of The Simple Path to Wealth.
It will be the fifth international edition, along with Korea, Japan, Taiwan and China.
Kudos to my Ace Agent Anna!
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The Presidential Medal of Honor awards have been handed out.
Jack Bogle has again been overlooked. 😕
No one has done more to improve the financial lives and prosperity of average people.
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We have just inked deals to publish The Simple Path to Wealth in German and Thai, and have begun discussions with an Indian publisher to bring it out in Hindi.
It is already published in Russia, Japan, China, Taiwan and South Korea. 😎
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Just inked a deal to publish The Simple Path to Wealth in Bulgaria! 😎
This brings the total country/languages to 15, not including English.
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A rational and insightful read and likely to be one of MMM's (many) classics:
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Well this brightened my day 😃
Thanks to all 😎
Congrats to this year’s winner in the category Best Traditional Retirement Content presented by
@CountAbout
… 🥁🥁🥁
@JLCollinsNH
!
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This might be the best compliment I have ever received. 😉
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Just got copies of the Taiwanese edition of The Simple Path to Wealth. Looks cool:
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Check out ~27.10.
If anyone knows Hasan, please pass on my thanks for the shout-out.
Clearly, Kevin has never heard of me or The Simple Path to Wealth. 😂
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And eventually, if your ego will let you, you might find your way to broad-based, low-cost index funds. 😉
Things that contain an element of truth are often the funniest.
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Just received copies of the German edition. They published it in hard cover no less! 😎
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If you are in the accumulation phase this - any - downturn is a blessing. If you continue on course.
Big if, for many. 😂
@JLCollinsNH
I am aware master !!! I don’t care i am in the accumulating phase. The noise is irrelevant for me i am pushing myself to buy more. Thanks for being here for us. 🥰
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Here's why you must stay the course.
"Shake it up, put it all together, and this is the experience you get when investing in the stock market over longer time frames."
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When worried people ask me "What happens when everyone is an Indexer?" This is why I say, with great confidence, "Don't sweat it." 😂
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Somehow, today seems a good day to post this 😉:
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This is one of the very best podcasts I have ever heard. Essential to understanding the 4% Rule, and its origins and applications.
Great guest and great interview by Scott and Mindy.
Respect.
Check out
@MichaelKitces
on today's episode of
@BPMoneyShow
. We talk about safe withdrawal rates - and how the 4% rule is actually a WORST-CASE scenario. Michael has 20 years of safe withdrawal rate research that backs up his stance.
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There seems to be a new symptom to this Coronavirus, or at least the fear of it:
Clairvoyance.
Everywhere I look, folks seem to know exactly how far this market will fall. Sigh. I still lack those powers. 😉
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In the comments on the AS Seen On page on the blog, this nice surprise just showed up:
Your book was recently featured as the top (
#1
!) recommendation in this article: .
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The further you stray from simple index investments, the greater your odds of underperformance becomes.
The more you embrace active managers, your costs will absolutely rise.
@AlanDonegan
@katiedonegan
expose one such case.
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This October 31st = amazing
Halloween
The Pathfinders launch
1st snow
And now this incredible Lake Michigan.
This shot is facing east. The sun setting behind, reflecting gold off the clouds & on to the water - blue grey clouds/sky between.
Never seen anything like this before.
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I can personally attest to this. 😂
"You don't make a lot of money advising an S&P 500 index fund." -
@WarrenBuffett
#berkshire2020
#YFBuffett
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Russian
Korean
English
Arabic
Spanish
Malaysia
Japanese
German
Brazil
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More & more I see commentators bemoaning the fact the market refuses to do what they think it should do (mostly go down)
Clearly, the market has a different vision and maybe, just maybe, it is sharper. 😉
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I’ve some very exciting news to share with you today.
I just inked a deal with Harriman House to publish my third book!!😀
Soon I’ll put up a post on with details. 😎
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Just a couple of weeks ago - June 18th - it was the book's birthday 😃
Happy birthday to me! This is the gift I'm giving myself this year 😁 Thanks to
@JLCollinsNH
for writing such a great book!
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Had a great time recording this Sunday with the Mad Fientist 😎
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Well deserved!
and a great companion to The Simple Path to Wealth.
Psychology of Money just crossed one million copies sold. ⚡️
Thanks for reading!
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Seems like a good time for this 😉:
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By “savage” I mean JL had the guts to tell Google employees to not hold individual Google stock while he was speaking at Google. In that moment, I knew that either JL was the truth, or he was completely out of his mind.
Hasan Minhaj
Foreword, Pathfinders
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Mmmmm...
Market's down 3%+ today. Should make for some interesting headlines.
Maybe after my nap.
Yawn! 😌
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My pal Leif just posted a great, in depth analysis of VTSAX. This is something I wish I had thought to write, although I certainly could not have done it better. 😄
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"self cleansing" is the term I am most proud to have coined.
As Andy points out below, it means that failing companies fall out of the index fund as they drop.
And the new stars get added as they rise.
It all happens automatically.
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With thanks to my Project Manager,
@1mkwilliams
, The Simple Path to Wealth is now in Hardcover!! 😃😎
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Tks TriFaster!
Mark Cuban asked his 8.1M followers where they go for investing advice. He's getting tons of replies & so might not notice this one. But if you were to add your collective voices, he might.
And if he were to read and mention SPW it would be a game changer for reach
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"She is an incredible person. The kind of friend we should all seek. The kind of friend who uplifts us by the sheer, compelling nature of how she has chosen to create her life."
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September was a busy month for international deals for The Simple Path to Wealth. 😀
Signed three new contracts for it to be published in Lithuania, Turkey and Israel. If all goes to plan, it will appear in those countries and languages during 2024. 😎
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Math quiz! 😃
"Instead of buying twitter, Elon Musk could have used his $44B to give every American $1 million and paid off all the student loans for everyone. And had $6B left over to end world hunger forever."
True or False? (US population = ~332M)
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New post:
32 things to know about following The Simple Path to Wealth
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The Simple Path to Wealth has been published in Korea, Taiwan, Japan, Russia, Germany, Arabic, Malay, Spain, Brazil...
...and now Thailand!
Deals inked and coming:
Marathi, Portugal, Romania, Poland, Vietnam, Dutch, Bulgaria, China, Lithuania, Turkey, Israel
😎
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Take equal portions of high waves and cold temps, stir in ~6" of new snow and, Voila!, you get ice balls. These are ~2-4 feet in diameter:
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I have a reputation of being "anti-homeownership"
Not true. I've owned houses most of my adult life. I just see them as expensive indulgences, not investments.
Resurfaced in this week's JL newsletter, this is how I think about them:
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One of the most frequent questions I get is...
"Why don't I hold international stocks and/or when might that change?"
@awealthofcs
Has an insightful post on this today:
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Fold away! 😃
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Mr. Market drops, my social media fills with assertions this time is surely different. It is not.
No one knows how low it will go, when it will bottom and rise again. But it will.
Maybe I'll write a post about this. Again.
From the past just for fun:
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The Russian edition of The Simple Path to Wealth is coming this June from
Here's the cover 😎
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Oh.
The market is down again today.
It's up, it's down...
Sigh.
If only there were a guided meditation to help people though... 😉
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Since our daughter was a toddler, I have told her "commercials lie" :)
Here are a few of the ways....
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