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I retired early, in spite of these 4 big investing mistakes

beebee
edited May 2017 in Fund Discussions
Many Mutual Funds mentioned in this story that I thought was worth sharing:
...as an exercise in reality and humility, I’m going to explore some of my notable investment failures, and lessons learned. As you will see, there have been plenty of them over the years….
Article:
my-biggest-investing-mistakes

Author of Article (his Blogs):
darrowkirkpatrick.com/
and,
caniretireyet.com/

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  • VintageFreakVintageFreak
    Always hard to spot mistakes while you are making them. Sometimes your "mistakes" can make you rich. It is not a mistake unless you don't sell:-)

    I wish there was a way to tell 10 years from now if Vanguard Growth Index returned X% and Vanguard Value Index returned Y%, what will Vanguard Total Market Index return - Z%. If we knew that, we can make decision to by Vanguard Total Market Index *today*.

    I think the author is beating himself up too much.
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