Wow. I'm glad by the guy but I'm completely unimpressed by the story. In the context that this is sometimes sold as the american dream by BogleHeads and Warren Buffet.
I used to be very sold on this idea, bought S&P stocks, even worked for them lol. I have saved up a whooping 3 stocks of Google by the time I left.
But I believe from the bottom of my heart you can absolutely "beat the market" by just buying things for yourself or your company. "Hold and never sell" what a way to go about life. puts tinfoil hat And also this philosophy is government propaganda to appease the peoples and make them feel complicit in capitalism and voting for billionaires without actually reaping the rewards of the class they aspire to.
Here's some poems about Bukowski's father.
"when I die I pass it on to you.
now in your lifetime you can acquire a house
and then you’ll have two houses
...
My father died [..] I sold his house after about a month."
"He pretended to be rich
Even though we lived on beans and mush and weenies
[..]
And because he wanted to be rich or because he actually thought he was rich"
I used to be very sold on this idea, bought S&P stocks, even worked for them lol. I have saved up a whooping 3 stocks of Google by the time I left.
But I believe from the bottom of my heart you can absolutely "beat the market" by just buying things for yourself or your company. "Hold and never sell" what a way to go about life. puts tinfoil hat And also this philosophy is government propaganda to appease the peoples and make them feel complicit in capitalism and voting for billionaires without actually reaping the rewards of the class they aspire to.
Here's some poems about Bukowski's father.
"when I die I pass it on to you. now in your lifetime you can acquire a house and then you’ll have two houses ...
My father died [..] I sold his house after about a month."
"He pretended to be rich Even though we lived on beans and mush and weenies [..] And because he wanted to be rich or because he actually thought he was rich"
"Ahhh! Jello and whipped cream"
https://www.poeticous.com/charles-bukowski/father-who-art-in... https://www.poetryverse.com/charles-bukowski-poems/my-father http://lipstickandbread.com/dinner-charles-bukowski-1933