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Acquired is the #1 show on @ApplePodcasts across all categories.
Holy.
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Jun 3
The @WorkOS team really knows how to put together a great event. A few photos from "Acquired Unplugged" last month. And...
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Jun 3
...if you want some of those custom playing cards (each card is an episode!), they made a few extra.
Code: "ACQDECK"
shop.workos.com/product/acqu…
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Jun 2
We're experimenting with a PDF companion for each episode — tables, charts, timelines, etc.
Here's our first one for Vanguard. Let us know what you think!
library.acquired.fm/episodes…
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Jun 1
We're coming to NYC this month. In conversation with the one and only @btaylor. Hope to see you there :)
Jun 1
Something we're excited about:
June 24 · NYC · @btaylor the hosts of @acquiredfm
The AI Paradox — what's real, what's hype, where we’re headed.
5:30pm, New York. Space is limited. Reserve your spot here: sierra.ai/events/sierra-acqu…
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May 27
Indexing has historically worked quite well if you stay invested over a long period.
But there's another basket of companies that has performed much, much better. 🐐
(This graph is log scale.) $BRK.A
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May 26
In case you woke up this morning, saw people on the internet yelling at each other, and thought "jeez, why is the Luce so controversial for all the Ferrari die-hards?" acquired.fm/episodes/ferrari
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May 26
Dithering is my favorite podcast. I listen to every episode.
I've been reading @daringfireball for over 20 years. @djrosent and I first bonded over sending each other @stratechery articles in 2014.
This is unbelievably cool and a complete surprise when I woke up this morning.
May 26
Acquired the Podcast
John discovers a new podcast and an innovative business model.
Subscribe at Dithering.fm
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May 22
Astonishing how much of Vanguard's scale happened after Bogle stepped down as CEO.
Even if you set up elegant mechanisms, it can take a long time to really work.
And the decisions made by later CEOs were essential: ETFs, improving employee comp, expanding business lines, etc.
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May 21
1% of assets sounds small.
But if you're compounding at 7% per year, a 1% fee actually costs you 14.3% of your returns each year.
Here's a chart illustrating the idea we talked about on our Vanguard episode.
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May 20
It's incredible that just ~2% of Americans owned any stocks in 1929.
Equity ownership is... a pretty recent phenomenon.
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May 20
Our full episode on the history of Vanguard, index funds, and stock ownership: acquired.fm/episodes/vanguar…
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In the new @AcquiredFM episode on Vanguard, @gilbert, @djrosent cited our research on companies that have 100x'd since IPO.
These are history's best stocks, with a 533x avg return. The basket includes Microsoft, Amazon, Costco, etc.
Yet the experience of owning them ain't easy.
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May 19
Vanguard is the largest shareholder of most companies in the S&P 500.
Here's their stake in the largest 10:
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Vanguard has directly saved investors $500 billion in fees since 1975.
And it's all because of their unique structure: they have no shareholders (besides their customers!), so they have no need to generate profits.
Our latest episode, in your podcast players now.
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