The Simple Path to Wealth (book review)

“The Simple Path to Wealth” is the book by Jim Collins, that compiles and re-organizes everything in his Stock Series posts from the blog he started a few years ago to teach his daughter about finances.

The Simple Path to WealthI read his blog from beginning to end once and then just his Stock Series a second time. And then when I read the book I didn’t get much new (it was my third time reading the material after all) but the book is better organized (obviously) and is a bit more succinct (Collins tends to be a bit verbose in his blog), so if you read a few of his posts and they “click” then you may want to try and read the book. Also, having the book makes it easier to share with friends that could benefit from the knowledge (kind of part of my idea when I bought it).

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Best quotes from the 2018 letter from Warren Buffett to Berkshire Hathaway investors

Warren Buffett (tag) is the most famous investor ever, head of Berkshire Hathaway and known for his folksy demeanor, common-sense approach to investing (and life) and because every year he writes a letter to the investors in his company.

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Learning to blog

So, I never thought blogging would be easy, and I started mostly because 1) I thought learning to blog would be fun and, 2) I had quit my regular/full-time/corporate/”real” job and it appeared that I would have a lot of time on my hands (haha, little did I know…). BUT! no matter how hard you think blogging is, it is harder.

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Estimating home advantage in computer sports rankings

In trying to keep the title short I left out that I am talking about computer sports rankings made with artificial neural networks (competitive neural networks to be more specific), as initially explained in an earlier post. That original post was based on a paper that didn’t effectively assess the home/visitor advantage (if there is one) so here I am proposing a way to address the issue.

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