Investment Success, Defining Financial Freedom and The Big Short

A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to spend the evening with the EdgePoint team and fund manager, Geoff MacDonald.  Geoff is outstanding at explaining 

why Edgepoint invests in the companies they do and why those companies are successful. I left the meeting with 90 slides, graphs and charts, and more importantly, a renewed passion for the Edgepoint team.  

 

What does it take to be a successful investment management firm over the long term and how do investors know when they’ve found one?

 Read Here, Structured for success, by the EdgePoint team. It summarizes a few things we talked about.

 

Have Your Life and Money Too

A friend sent me this article by Gail Vaz-Oxlade.  We chatted about what we considered being ‘rich’ and the term freedom.  

Gail offers motivation and a good kick in the pants to just get started and to gain control of financial freedom, whatever your definition is.  

 Read Here, Have Your Life & Money Too by Gail Vaz-Oxlade

 

Academy Nominated movie, The Big Short

This movie reveals the events leading up to the financial crisis of 2008 with entertainment and education. 

I enjoyed this article. It rated the accuracy of the story and provides some good detail and information.  

  Read Here, The Big Short gets the financial crisis (mostly) right