Rich Lumelleau

Welcome to Motley Fool Conversations.

I am Motley Fool contributor, Rich Lamella.

Our guest today is someone who brings a rare combination of perspectives to the world of investing.

Dr. Joseph Moore is an author, historian, and investor who didn't start out believing in the American dream,

But through his own experience in the markets, he's come to see it as not only real, but also achievable.

In our conversation today, we're going to explore the strategies, decisions, and lessons behind his investing success, including some surprising approaches that paid off and others that didn't.

We'll also dig into what history can teach us about markets today and how everyday investors can apply those insights in a practical way.

Dr. Moore, welcome to The Motley Fool.

I'm so glad to be here.

Thank you, Rich.

Great.

Well, you have just published a book called How to Get Rich in American History, 300 Years of Advice That Worked and Didn't.

And so I look forward to kind of jumping into the thoughts around that and kind of pull out some anecdotes and some investing wisdom for our Fool investors.

But before we do that, why don't you just give us a couple of minutes of kind of your background?

As you embarked on this, you didn't have a history of investing.

Sounds like far from it.

What were some of the initial principles that you kind of started looking into that started to guide your investing?

Because it's kind of fascinating.

You start going down all kinds of different paths.

You mentioned Short and Kramer.