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Personal Moats
If you follow me on Twitter (@investing_city), you might’ve seen a retweet from Erik Torenberg talking about “personal moats.” In...

Ryan
Nov 26, 20181 min read


It's Not Always Fun, But It's Necessary
Yesterday morning I woke up to a sea of blood. Blood in the markets that is. My portfolio suffered the biggest single-day drop ever. ...

Ryan
Nov 19, 20181 min read


Outsider's Advantage
Vivek Ranadive wanted to spend more time with his daughter. So he volunteered to coach her 7th grade youth basketball team. The only...

Ryan
Nov 14, 20186 min read


The Three Edges
Investing is a zero-sum game, meaning your win is my loss and vice versa. Let’s say you wanted to buy one share of a $100 stock. This...

Ryan
Nov 5, 20185 min read


Shower Thoughts
In my shower, there are three knobs; left for hot water, right for cold water and one in the middle for switching the water flow from...

Ryan
Oct 29, 20181 min read


Systems vs. Goals
We've talked about this idea before, but I wanted to drill down into more detail because it's an important concept. From childhood, we're...

Ryan
Oct 29, 20184 min read


The Sign of True Genius
"The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to...

Ryan
Oct 29, 20181 min read


Seeing Both Sides
Wisdom is doing the work to line up your views with reality. For example, taking drugs isn’t a good idea. The reality is drugs are...

Ryan
Oct 22, 20184 min read
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