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Morgan Housel

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6219 total appearances

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My First Million
10 Years of Money Wisdom in 51 Minutes | Morgan Housel

His was about 20.

My First Million
10 Years of Money Wisdom in 51 Minutes | Morgan Housel

And I think the S&P nominal with dividends is...

My First Million
10 Years of Money Wisdom in 51 Minutes | Morgan Housel

is probably like 11 or 12.

My First Million
10 Years of Money Wisdom in 51 Minutes | Morgan Housel

So maybe it's 8 or 9% outperformance.

My First Million
10 Years of Money Wisdom in 51 Minutes | Morgan Housel

But he did that outperformance over 60 years.

My First Million
10 Years of Money Wisdom in 51 Minutes | Morgan Housel

And so the cumulative performance, I'm pretty sure, I'm saying this off the top of my head.

My First Million
10 Years of Money Wisdom in 51 Minutes | Morgan Housel

If I'm getting this a little bit wrong, I'm sorry.

My First Million
10 Years of Money Wisdom in 51 Minutes | Morgan Housel

But I think the S&P 500 is 35,000% since Buffett took over.

My First Million
10 Years of Money Wisdom in 51 Minutes | Morgan Housel

And Berkshire's return was 5.5 million%.

My First Million
10 Years of Money Wisdom in 51 Minutes | Morgan Housel

And so even if it's only, quote unquote, only 9% per year, over 60 years, it just gets- Incredible.

My First Million
10 Years of Money Wisdom in 51 Minutes | Morgan Housel

Insane, preposterous.

My First Million
10 Years of Money Wisdom in 51 Minutes | Morgan Housel

And you know, Buffett's current net worth is, I think, 130 billion, but he's given so much away to charity that if you count that in, it's something like 500 billion.

My First Million
10 Years of Money Wisdom in 51 Minutes | Morgan Housel

That if he hadn't given money away to charity, he'd be worth 500 billion.

My First Million
10 Years of Money Wisdom in 51 Minutes | Morgan Housel

He'd be the richest man alive by far.

My First Million
10 Years of Money Wisdom in 51 Minutes | Morgan Housel

And he started with 10,000 bucks.

My First Million
10 Years of Money Wisdom in 51 Minutes | Morgan Housel

And I mean, and then turned it into half a trillion.

My First Million
10 Years of Money Wisdom in 51 Minutes | Morgan Housel

And so that's, but I think the biggest lesson here, and this is the most important for ordinary people, is that like, look, you can't pick stocks like Buffett.

My First Million
10 Years of Money Wisdom in 51 Minutes | Morgan Housel

You can't analyze businesses like Buffett.

My First Million
10 Years of Money Wisdom in 51 Minutes | Morgan Housel

He's smarter than you.

My First Million
10 Years of Money Wisdom in 51 Minutes | Morgan Housel

And he operated in a different era than all of us.