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Mark Matson

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
208 total appearances

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Motley Fool Money
Interview with Mark Matson: Experiencing the American Dream

So it's more dangerous.

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Interview with Mark Matson: Experiencing the American Dream

They're incurring commissions.

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Interview with Mark Matson: Experiencing the American Dream

They're incurring bid ask spread cost.

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Interview with Mark Matson: Experiencing the American Dream

If they did make a gain on the stock, now they're paying capital gains tax.

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Interview with Mark Matson: Experiencing the American Dream

So this whole churning, you can lose a lot of money for churning.

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Interview with Mark Matson: Experiencing the American Dream

And normally what they're doing is they're just chasing what's been hot over the last three to five years, having no analysis.

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Interview with Mark Matson: Experiencing the American Dream

I always ask investors, is risk important?

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Interview with Mark Matson: Experiencing the American Dream

And they say, yeah.

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Interview with Mark Matson: Experiencing the American Dream

And I said, okay, well, how do you measure risk?

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Interview with Mark Matson: Experiencing the American Dream

And they go, I don't know how to measure it.

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Interview with Mark Matson: Experiencing the American Dream

I said, well, do you think you can control something you can't even measure?

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Interview with Mark Matson: Experiencing the American Dream

And they're like, no, I don't think I can.

Motley Fool Money
Interview with Mark Matson: Experiencing the American Dream

And that's a very good way to look at it.

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Interview with Mark Matson: Experiencing the American Dream

But you measure it with standard deviation and volatility, and you never want to invest in something that you don't actually fully understand the risk of.

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Interview with Mark Matson: Experiencing the American Dream

How do you define abundance as it relates to money?

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Interview with Mark Matson: Experiencing the American Dream

Abundance is different for everybody.

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Interview with Mark Matson: Experiencing the American Dream

So in the light of no purpose for money, there's no amount of money that's enough.

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Interview with Mark Matson: Experiencing the American Dream

So if you don't have a purpose, and not just your money, but for your life, because your purpose for money is your purpose for life.

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Interview with Mark Matson: Experiencing the American Dream

If I don't have a purpose for my money and my life, then no amount of money will ever be enough.

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Interview with Mark Matson: Experiencing the American Dream

You win the lottery and win $100 million, that's not enough.