How to Get Rich Slowly

I had a very interesting conversation with Michael Monaghan of Founder’s Fund about HNTI; here is the description: Barry Ritholtz explains why getting rich through investing is simpler than most people think, why market forecasts are so often wrong, and why your own behavior may be the biggest threat to long-term investment success. Michael Monaghan sits down with Barry Ritholtz, Chairman and Chief Investment Officer of Ritholtz Wealth Management, host of Masters in Business, and author of How Not to Invest, for a wide-ranging conversation on stock market investing, compounding, index funds, active management, investor psychology, financial media, market predictions, and building wealth over time. Barry explains why investors should focus on getting rich slowly, why humans are psychologically wired to make poor decisions in volatile markets, and why the most confident market forecasts can often be the least reliable. They discuss why so few active managers outperform over long periods, what Barry learned from Warren Buffett, Ray Dalio, Howard Marks, and Daniel Kahneman, and why he believes most investors should keep the core of their portfolio simple. Barry also shares his “cowboy account” strategy for investors who still want to pick stocks, including how he thinks about Nvidia and speculative investments without putting long-term wealth at risk. The conversation also explores what financial advisors actually add beyond investment performance, direct indexing and tax-loss harvesting, and why Barry believes the purpose of money is not simply to accumulate a bigger number.