Taking finite resources (time, energy, money, attention) and employing them to optimize an outcome. These are the first principles of investing. Investing can be simultaneously learned and reinvented. Even professional investors are constantly learning because, by nature, the world is changing and they have to adjust their strategies with it. As you learn more about investing there is always the opportunity to stop and ask "is this the best way to do this? Or is this just the way it's always been done?"
Investing is a skill that thrives in an interdisciplinary mind with connections across specialties and circumstances. Over your career there is value in focusing on certain stages and types of investing, but 'Investing 101 2.0' is a resource meant for you to first discover all the possibilities before specialization. Consider this a jumping off point; a general education for investing.
Investing 101 2.0 is a hub for articles, courses, summaries, books, frameworks, and interviews with both experts and up-and-comers across a variety of types of investing. This is not the end-all-be-all of investing educations. This is the front page for your general education leading you to the best resources out there to broaden your investing horizons. By using this resource you will better understand (1) the foundation of investing in terms of core principles, and (2) a broad exposure to different approaches and frameworks.
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This resource was originally designed with younger professionals in mind. Either college students working towards a career in investing, or recent graduates looking to make a jump from their first job into investing. But at the end of the day this is a resource for beginners and we're all beginners.
<aside> 💡 "One of the great paradoxes of inventing at a high level is that you need to be an expert in your domain area, and you need to have a beginner’s mind. You absolutely need both of those things. The world is too complex to actually just be a beginner. No matter how inventive I am, I can’t go invent a new kind of brain surgery. You have to be a neurosurgeon. You have to already know all there is to know about brain surgery, and then take it to the next level. The problem is, for many people, by the time they become true experts, they’ve lost that ability to see things in a fresh way. They’ve lost the beginner’s mind." (Jeff Bezos)
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While this resource can be one step in helping you develop expertise, our hope is that it can be valuable for anyone as they continue to try and reinvent what it means to be an investor.
<aside> 💡 “Once you stop learning, you start dying” (Albert Einstein)
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Investing fundamentals are rarely taught effectively in a classroom setting. The real world is constantly changing and it is unlikely that an investor could be successful in identifying good investment opportunities if they are not continuously learning about the way the world is changing. So Investing 101 is not a concept just for younger entrants to investing. It is something that everyone goes through consistently whether they like it or not.