I've seen it with private equity; I've seen
with clever investors that max out debt while growing net worth.
My view is that
most clever investors fall into one of a bunch of categories, much of which boils down to time horizon for the preferred investment.
I like doing that too, but you have to be careful, because maybe you are missing something that
cleverer investors know.
Jack Schwager is generally a good writer, and expert at talking with
clever investors in order to break down the main points of how they invest (without giving away the store).
In this «Little Book» he goes a different direction, and looks for commonalities among
various clever investors, with each chapter covering a different topic.
Also men like Seth Klarman, Howard Marks, Ray Dalio, George Soros, Bill Gross, Jeffrey Gundlach and
other clever investors who understand the markets well.
I plan on joining my local REIA soon to begin networking with others in my area as well but I also really appreciate the thoughts on the fast track system
from clever investor.
We're in a dead spot, a lost decade; old certainties are being tested, and
many clever investors (alas for Bill Miller) are being weighed in the scales and found wanting.
I look at all of the companies that
my clever investors own 5 % of, which they have added 2 % of the market cap to their holdings.
3) I look through the 13Fs of 77
clever investors every quarter.
I try to focus on companies that are good operators; they manage their base of insurance businesses well, rather than those that are
clever investors, because the ability to be clever investors over the long run is much harder than being a well - run insurer.
Truth is,
clever investors, or lucky investors can get an attitude, saying that they don't have to explain themselves to outsiders.
This book simplifies the strategies of ten
clever investors.
As such, the book posits a bunch of topics that apply to different groups of
clever investors.
I think you would be better off reading one of Schwager's longer books, and reading about
each clever investor separately.
But float isn't worth much unless you have
a clever investor investing the cash that stems from the delay of paying claims.
That is the value of active bond management; it does not mean that the indexes are flawed, but that there are ways for
clever investors to systematically do better, that is, until there are too many clever investors.
If you love to watch the market and pride yourself on being
a clever investor, then variable life insurance products are truly made for you.