Comments on: What an All-You-Can-Eat Buffet Can Teach You About Investing http://www.thedividendguyblog.com/what-an-all-you-can-eat-buffet-can-teach-you-about-investing/ One Guy's Journey to Passive Income Through Dividend Investing Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:36:19 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: FI http://www.thedividendguyblog.com/what-an-all-you-can-eat-buffet-can-teach-you-about-investing/comment-page-1/#comment-55708 FI Tue, 02 Mar 2010 23:47:43 +0000 http://www.thedividendguyblog.com/what-an-all-you-can-eat-buffet-can-teach-you-about-investing/#comment-55708 Interesting view. A firm that is a client of mine believes it’s more prudent to measure performance on a relative versus absolute basis. Measuring your portfolio against a benchmark like the S&P 500, for example, can give you a much better sense of over- or under-performance. Their website discusses more about the methodology. <a href="http://investor.fisherinvestments.com/investment-performance.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://investor.fisherinvestments.com/investment-performance.aspx</a> Interesting view. A firm that is a client of mine believes it’s more prudent to measure performance on a relative versus absolute basis. Measuring your portfolio against a benchmark like the S&P 500, for example, can give you a much better sense of over- or under-performance. Their website discusses more about the methodology. http://investor.fisherinvestments.com/investment-performance.aspx

]]> By: teach yourself investing http://www.thedividendguyblog.com/what-an-all-you-can-eat-buffet-can-teach-you-about-investing/comment-page-1/#comment-39528 teach yourself investing Tue, 06 May 2008 21:43:41 +0000 http://www.thedividendguyblog.com/what-an-all-you-can-eat-buffet-can-teach-you-about-investing/#comment-39528 [...] hung on to an under performing mutual fund simply because you paid an upfront sales charge anhttp://www.thedividendguyblog.com/what-an-all-you-can-eat-buffet-can-teach-you-about-investing/Teach Yourself Investing Online price comparisonCompare teach yourself investing Online prices [...] [...] hung on to an under performing mutual fund simply because you paid an upfront sales charge anhttp://www.thedividendguyblog.com/what-an-all-you-can-eat-buffet-can-teach-you-about-investing/Teach Yourself Investing Online price comparisonCompare teach yourself investing Online prices [...]

]]> By: vasile http://www.thedividendguyblog.com/what-an-all-you-can-eat-buffet-can-teach-you-about-investing/comment-page-1/#comment-36885 vasile Thu, 03 Apr 2008 22:54:53 +0000 http://www.thedividendguyblog.com/what-an-all-you-can-eat-buffet-can-teach-you-about-investing/#comment-36885 I don't find your example with the all-you-can-eat buffets appropriate for the reasoning you were trying to make (sunk costs). According to you, since you already paid for the buffet, you can even leave without eating anything, and nothing will change. Well Sir, please do so. In this case you will be the "idiot". Let's see if you consider that advantageous for the money you have just thrown away (without eating anything, just to prove us your marvelous idea LOL!) On the other way, the 2nd example with the in-door vs out-door tennis playgroud makes more sense. Thank you. I don’t find your example with the all-you-can-eat buffets appropriate for the reasoning you were trying to make (sunk costs).

According to you, since you already paid for the buffet, you can even leave without eating anything, and nothing will change. Well Sir, please do so. In this case you will be the “idiot”. Let’s see if you consider that advantageous for the money you have just thrown away (without eating anything, just to prove us your marvelous idea LOL!)

On the other way, the 2nd example with the in-door vs out-door tennis playgroud makes more sense.

Thank you.

]]> By: WeSeed Editor http://www.thedividendguyblog.com/what-an-all-you-can-eat-buffet-can-teach-you-about-investing/comment-page-1/#comment-32742 WeSeed Editor Thu, 21 Feb 2008 21:29:17 +0000 http://www.thedividendguyblog.com/what-an-all-you-can-eat-buffet-can-teach-you-about-investing/#comment-32742 People hate admitting their mistakes so that's another reason they don't want to sell. Andy makes a really good point that most of us don't realize: smart choices sometimes don't work out. That's just the way it is and there's nothing we can do about it. All we can do is try to be as "smart" as we can as often as we can and the chips should fall in our favor. People hate admitting their mistakes so that’s another reason they don’t want to sell. Andy makes a really good point that most of us don’t realize: smart choices sometimes don’t work out. That’s just the way it is and there’s nothing we can do about it. All we can do is try to be as “smart” as we can as often as we can and the chips should fall in our favor.

]]> By: Weekend Linkage - February 17, 2008 | The Suns Financial Diary | A Personal Finance Blog on Saving and Investing http://www.thedividendguyblog.com/what-an-all-you-can-eat-buffet-can-teach-you-about-investing/comment-page-1/#comment-32186 Weekend Linkage - February 17, 2008 | The Suns Financial Diary | A Personal Finance Blog on Saving and Investing Sun, 17 Feb 2008 21:13:08 +0000 http://www.thedividendguyblog.com/what-an-all-you-can-eat-buffet-can-teach-you-about-investing/#comment-32186 [...] The Dividend Guy shared some investing lessons that can be learned from all-you-can-eat buffet. [...] [...] The Dividend Guy shared some investing lessons that can be learned from all-you-can-eat buffet. [...]

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