For those of you new to Things I Didn’t Learn in School, welcome. You can read about what these posts and podcasts are about here. While the topics I cover range, one of them is sharing how I invest. This is something I didn’t learn at school and I hope being transparent will both force me to be more thoughtful and allow you perspective on how another person is managing to navigate, in practical terms, a complex world. If I write something confusing, reach out.
Looking back, the best way to invest is always obvious. Looking forward, the best path is always uncertain, probabilistic. That’s the nature of investing. This year, I earned a low double-digit return.1 Given almost 7% inflation, that means I modestly grew the value of my savings in real (inflation-adjusted) terms. Here is how that happened.
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