Ana 28 Jan 2016, 12:03
How is it possible he increased his wealth when most people are thinking about retiring?
From $6,000 to $67 billion: Warren Buffett’s wealth through the ages - MarketWatch
I was wondering what Buffett did to make so much money, and why most of it was made after age 50.
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How is it possible he increased his wealth when most people are thinking about retiring?
Relevant page <a href="http://www.marketwatch.com/story/from-6000-to-67-billion-warren-buffetts-wealth-through-the-ages-2015-08-17">From $6,000 to $67 billion: Warren Buffett’s wealth through the ages - MarketWatch</a> What I've done so far I was wondering what Buffett did to make so much money, and why most of it was made after age 50.
Murray 28 Jan 2016, 14:54
Ana: A big part of this is the power of compounding. If you have more money than debt, then you can grow that money.
As long as it the growth stays ahead of inflation, you'll build up wealth slowly at first, then it just increases more and more (an exponentially increasing amount).
Trying drawing this graph, which represents a growth rate of 5% per year if you start with $1000: `A=1000(1.05)^t`
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Ana: A big part of this is the power of compounding. If you have more money than debt, then you can grow that money. As long as it the growth stays ahead of inflation, you'll build up wealth slowly at first, then it just increases more and more (an exponentially increasing amount). Trying drawing this graph, which represents a growth rate of 5% per year if you start with $1000: `A=1000(1.05)^t`
Ana 28 Jan 2016, 20:32
Is this it?
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Is this it? [graph]310,250;-15,80;-1200,50000,10,10000;1000(1.05)^t,[/graph]
Murray 29 Jan 2016, 02:07
Yes, that's it. Well done.
You can see that it was worth $10,000 at age 50 (10 times more) and then $50,000 (50 time more) 30 years later.
The power of compounding!
Of course, he's got better as he went along, and his growth rate of wealth is quite something.
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Yes, that's it. Well done. You can see that it was worth $10,000 at age 50 (10 times more) and then $50,000 (50 time more) 30 years later. The power of compounding! Of course, he's got better as he went along, and his growth rate of wealth is quite something.
Ana 29 Jan 2016, 07:41
Thanks a lot!
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Thanks a lot!
denyera 18 Jun 2022, 09:20
Scientists from Stanford University in the USA studied how a person solves mathematical problems and found out that adults use the skill to "get" answers from memory based on past experience.
Why do teachers insist on regular attendance of lessons? It's not their harmfulness, but the fact that when solving mathematical problems, we "get" answers from memory based on past experience. And in order to consolidate this experience, you need to repeat the material and train in solving examples. This is the only way to remember all the rules and formulas
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Scientists from Stanford University in the USA studied how a person solves mathematical problems and found out that adults use the skill to "get" answers from memory based on past experience. Why do teachers insist on regular attendance of lessons? It's not their harmfulness, but the fact that when solving mathematical problems, we "get" answers from memory based on past experience. And in order to consolidate this experience, you need to repeat the material and train in solving examples. This is the only way to remember all the rules and formulas
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