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Morgan Housel

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The Knowledge Project
Morgan Housel: Wealth is What You Have Minus What You Want

And the new house that we bought was also, we bought it for twice as much as it would have sold for four years before.

The Knowledge Project
Morgan Housel: Wealth is What You Have Minus What You Want

So did we actually make money on that?

The Knowledge Project
Morgan Housel: Wealth is What You Have Minus What You Want

Like we could have, it didn't really help us that much.

The Knowledge Project
Morgan Housel: Wealth is What You Have Minus What You Want

And if we lived in a world where home prices never went up,

The Knowledge Project
Morgan Housel: Wealth is What You Have Minus What You Want

you would, of course, have a lot of crowing from homeowners who'd be like, I used to build equity and now I don't.

The Knowledge Project
Morgan Housel: Wealth is What You Have Minus What You Want

But the truth is, is that like, they're actually just as well off because the homes that they could buy if they sold now cost less as well.

The Knowledge Project
Morgan Housel: Wealth is What You Have Minus What You Want

I believe it.

The Knowledge Project
Morgan Housel: Wealth is What You Have Minus What You Want

Well, it's not going to be a long conversation because it's easy.

The Knowledge Project
Morgan Housel: Wealth is What You Have Minus What You Want

I dollar cost average and index funds.

The Knowledge Project
Morgan Housel: Wealth is What You Have Minus What You Want

I hope to own them for 50 years.

The Knowledge Project
Morgan Housel: Wealth is What You Have Minus What You Want

And that's it.

The Knowledge Project
Morgan Housel: Wealth is What You Have Minus What You Want

My entire net worth is a house, cash, Vanguard index funds, and shares of Markel where I'm on the board of directors.

The Knowledge Project
Morgan Housel: Wealth is What You Have Minus What You Want

And that's it.

The Knowledge Project
Morgan Housel: Wealth is What You Have Minus What You Want

And I don't think it needs necessarily to be more complicated than that.

The Knowledge Project
Morgan Housel: Wealth is What You Have Minus What You Want

I think it is very intuitive in finance to be like, I will do the best if my net worth looks like a Rube Goldberg machine.

The Knowledge Project
Morgan Housel: Wealth is What You Have Minus What You Want

And it's just so complicated.

The Knowledge Project
Morgan Housel: Wealth is What You Have Minus What You Want

And there's so many levers and strategies in this.

The Knowledge Project
Morgan Housel: Wealth is What You Have Minus What You Want

And it's not โ€“ I don't discount that smart people can do well financially with โ€“

The Knowledge Project
Morgan Housel: Wealth is What You Have Minus What You Want

complicated transactions.

The Knowledge Project
Morgan Housel: Wealth is What You Have Minus What You Want

I just don't think it's necessary at all.