epic investing stories
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The Investment Principles we can learn from Warren Buffett
Warren Buffett is the world’s greatest investor. There, I said it. you may disagree, but few, if any investors throughout history can claim the same annual returns as Buffett. (19.9% per year on Berkshire Hathaways’s stock between 1965 and 2025, compared with 10.4% for the S&P 500, including dividends.) In any case, he’s a personal…
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The Quiet Millionaire: The Anne Scheiber Investing Story
The Anne Scheiber investing story is another compelling example of what long-term investing can achieve when paired with patience and discipline. Like several of the “quiet millionaires” explored on this site, she built significant wealth without a high income, and without any attempt to outsmart the market. I wanted to share this story because, as…
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The Quiet Millionaire: The Grace Groner Investing Story
The story of Grace Groner really is a remarkable one. It is an example of an incredibly successful investing career based not on good decisions, but a lack of them. It is not a story of complexity or constant optimisation, but of patience, consistency and the quiet power of holding on. A simple beginning Grace…
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The Quiet Millionaire: the Sylvia Bloom Investing Story
There is a particular kind of wealth story that tends to dominate public attention. It involves founders, hedge fund managers, or investors who appear to have predicted the future perfectly. These stories are dramatic and fast-moving, but difficult to relate to and far beyond the reach of most people. But there is another category of…
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The $8 Million Janitor
In 2014, a quiet man from rural Vermont died at the age of 92. His name was Ronald Read. He had worked most of his life as a petrol station attendant, and later as a part-time janitor. He drove used cars throughout his life, and often wore the same clothes to save money. When they…
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Real-Life Financial Independence Stories
“Money is power, freedom, a cushion. The root of all evil. The sum of blessings.” This famous quote from American poet Carl Sandberg encapsulates the impact of money on our lives oh so well. Money can be good and bad… it can ruin you or it can make you. Here at Slow Down and Save,…