The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

From reflections on the volatility of 2007-08, to introducing new terms like "Big Dumb Money," and thoughts on building mental frameworks for investing, David reacts to his past essays with fresh insights for today's markets. I know 2007 wasn't great for investors. The first is, I didn't even remember 2007 almost zeroed out.

Investing 130

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The Big Picture

JULY 11, 2023

RITHOLTZ: So were you — in the early days, it was mutual funds it was SMAs, what were you guys doing? That new name of the company became Franklin Templeton. So it was Franklin, along with mutual fund pioneer Sir John Templeton. You have half the number of public companies that you had in 2000.

Mutual Funds 88

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The Big Picture

OCTOBER 31, 2023

At one point in time, Jack Bogle, founder of, of Vanguard was chairman of their mutual funds. Just really a fascinating history from, from a private company to a public company back to a, a partnership. 00:07:33 [Speaker Changed] So when I, my first fund that I ran when I was at Montgomery was a mutual fund.

Hedge Funds 64

Hedge Funds Mutual Funds Funds Due Diligence 64

The Big Picture

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

All of their portfolio managers not only are substantial investors in each of their funds, but they do a disclosure year that shows each manager by name and how much money they have invested in their own fund. I wish more mutual funds and ETFs showed that data. What’s it like running a public company?

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