I’ve posted a Guest Blog Entry at the Free from Broke site titled Playing Dominion vs. Playing the Market.
Juicy Excerpt: It’s possible to finish a game of Dominion in 30 minutes. Newcomers to the game make dumb mistakes the first time they play. They learn from those mistakes. They get better. Investing is a game that extends over 60 years of your life (if you start at age 25 and die at age 85). By the time we figure the game out, it’s over.
Money Hawk says
Thanks Rob!
http://www.bogleheads.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=91035&newpost=1312379
Rob says
Money Hawk is making the point that I was the person responsible for the formation of the Bogleheads Forum. The community that now meets there used to meet at Morningstar.com. I posted the accurate and honest safe withdrawal rate numbers there and the “leaders” of the community (these people are hard-core Buy-and-Holders) demanded that I be banned. Morningstar refused to go along and they set up the new forum to escape me and my posts.
I made lots of good friends at the Bogleheads Forum. I will be back posting there on a daily basis as soon as the ban on honest posting is lifted. It’s potentially a very powerful community resource and I believe that all who post there should be permitted to post their sincere views.
The ban on honest posting is of course an outrage and a violation of our most fundamental social norms. But I’ve pointed that out on one or two earlier occasions. So I am going to skip the sermon this time.
Still, please understand that my underlying thought on this matter is — Grrrrr…
Rob
Drip Guy says
Rob said: “…at the Bogleheads Forum. I will be back posting there on a daily basis..”
No.
You wont.
Rob says
The people who are saying today that the Bogleheads Forum will never be opened up to honest posting on the dangers of Buy-and-Hold were saying 10 years ago that we would never have half a dozen of the biggest name experts in the field acknowledging that the Old School safe withdrawal rate studies get the numbers wildly wrong, Drip Guy.
We’ve seen a big change in public attitudes re Get Rich Quick investing schemes since the beginning of the economic crisis. it is my strongly held view that we will see another big change once we fall into the Second Great Depression. All sorts of wonderful things become possible once we get a large enough group of people motivated enough to stand up to Internet Sewer Rats like you to attract people of intelligence and integrity to participate in our discussions.
We’ll see.
Rob
Visage says
Rob
Safe withdrawal rates are discussed openly and honesty at the Bogleheads Forum. Just check the archives. Your banning is clearly due to other issues and concerns.
Rob says
That’s not my take, Visage.
And I should know. I was there!
Rob
Visage says
So was I. A simple Google search yields lots of conversations
https://www.google.com/search?q=swr&sitesearch=bogleheads.org
Rob says
Thanks for the link, Visage.
I gotta tell you, though — I am beginning to pick up a vibe that you might be one of them there Goons.
I only hope that you are not a full-fledged Internet Sewer Rat!
Oh, my!
Rob
Visage says
No, not a goon….just someone trying to figure out fact vs fiction in your postings.
Rob says
Hmmmm….
Rob
Rob says
If you were truly a Goon, would you be honest about it?
Rob
what says
Why would he not be honest about it? And its not like he made up those links and threads and posts on bogleheads.
Honest posting is permitted. Rob Bennett is not permitted.
Its like enjoying action movies but not stooping to watching Dolph Lundgren.
Rob says
Why would he not be honest about it?
Why is any human being dishonest about anything, What?
Why have the errors in the Old School safe withdrawal rate studies not been corrected in the 10 years since they became public knowledge?
Humans are flawed creatures, What. I hate to be the one to break the news to you.
Guess what? The same flaws that hold us back in all other areas of life endeavor hold us back when it comes to stock investing too.
Rob
Rob says
And its not like he made up those links and threads and posts on bogleheads.
Why is it that the words we read on our computer screens when we follow the links don’t support his claims?
Rob
Rob says
Honest posting is permitted. Rob Bennett is not permitted.
No one objects to the name “Rob Bennett,” What.
It was when I posted honestly on safe withdrawal rates that Lindauer and Greaney sent in their Goons Squads to disrupt the board.
Are you saying that was a coincidence? Give me a break.
Rob
Rob says
Its like enjoying action movies but not stooping to watching Dolph Lundgren.
I’m not familiar with the reference.
If you consider it “stooping” to report the safe withdrawal rate honestly and accurately, I strongly disagree.
Rob