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INVESTMENTS  \nTITLE PAGE  \nCOPYRIGHT  \nFOREWORD  \nPREFACE  \nINTRODUCTION  \nHOW DID WE GET INTO THIS MESS?  \nTHIS AIN'T THE FIRST TIME, NOR THE LAST  \nTURNING RECYCLING INTO RICHES  \nTHE RULES COME TO LIFE  \nHUMANS ARE EMOTIONAL BEINGS  \nREALIZATION HITS: PEOPLE LOVE TO GAMBLE, NOT  \nINVEST  \nDON'T BEA CAUTIONARY TALE, BEAN EXAMPLE OF  \nSUCCESS  \nSCARCITY FEELINGS MAY LEAD TO BAD DECISIONS  \nSHE WON THE GAME OF MONEY, BUT NEW LEARNINGS  \nWERE REQUIRED  \nFINANCIAL ADVISORS—MAKE SURE THEY ARE GOOD  \nAND NON‐CONFLICTED  \nQUALITY IS BETTER THAN QUANTITY  \nNOTES  \nPART I: THE GROUNDWORK  \nCHAPTER ONE: WORKING ON WALL STREET, AND THE 5  \nSECRETS (TRUTHS) I LEARNED  \nCHAPTER TWO: THE MAGIC MONEY MILL (IS ITA SCAM,  \nOR JUST ABAD INVESTMENT?)  \nTHAT'S LIFE, YOU WIN SOME, YOU LOSE SOME  \nREAL ESTATE RECKONING  \nSCUMMY SCAM STUFF  \nMAD MADOFF  \nPONTIFICATING ON PONZIS  \nTHE MOST IMPORTANT DECISION YOU WILL MAKE  \nINCENTIVES MATTER, ALOT  \nINEXPERIENCED, BUT WELL‐MEANING  \nINVESTMENT PROMOTERS  \nCHAPTER THREE: THE 5 LEVELS OF INVESTOR  \nFIRST STEP, UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU ARE  \nNO DELUSIONS  \nDAVID'S 5 LEVELS OF INVESTOR—WHERE ARE  \nYOU?  \nNOTES  \nPART II: THE 7 RULES TO STOP MAKING STUPID  \nINVESTMENTS  \nRULE ONE: AVOID BIG LOSSES  \nRULE TWO: THINK LIKE A CONTRARIAN  \nRULE THREE: DON'T INVEST WITH SOMEONE JUST  \nBECAUSE YOU LIKE THEM  \nRULE FOUR: DO NOT INVEST IN PRIVATE REAL ESTATE  \nOR PRIVATE EQUITY DEALS THAT DO NOT HAVE  \nAUDITS ANDA SUBSTANTIAL TRACK RECORD OF THE  \nMANAGER  \nRULE FIVE: THE STOCK IS NOT THE COMPANY, AND THE  \nCOMPANY IS NOT THE STOCK (UNDERSTAND HOW  \nMARKETS WORK)  \nRULE SIX: EMOTIONS ARE THE ENEMY OF INVESTING  \nRULE SEVEN: DON'T BUY TRADING “SYSTEMS,”  \nPROGRAMS BASED ON TECHNICAL ANALYSIS, OR  \n“BLACK BOX”‐TYPE TRADING “BOTS”  \nBONUS ONE: MATH IS THE ENEMY OF BULLSHIT  \nBONUS TWO: I'VE GOT 99 PROBLEMS, BUT CRYPTO  \nAIN'T ONE  \nPART III: HOW TO PICK YOUR OWN INVESTMENTS (WHICH YOU PROBABLY SHOULDN’T)  \nCHAPTER FOUR: DON'T INTERRUPT COMPOUNDING  \nMIMI MAKES MILLIONS  \nCOMPOUNDING EXAMPLE: S&P 500 INDEX FUND  \nONE OF MY OWN COMPOUNDING EXAMPLES  \nNOTES  \nCHAPTER FIVE: THE THREE TYPES OF VALUE  \nINVESTING  \nTHE THREE TYPES OF VALUE INVESTING  \nWHAT IS VALUE ANYWAY, AND IS IT ALWAYS  \nABOUT INCOME GENERATED?  \nAROCKING HOBBY  \nHOW DO YOU VALUE UNPRODUCTIVE ASSETS  \nSUCH AS GOLD OR BITCOIN?  \nCHAPTER SIX: THE FRAMEWORK FOR INVESTING (THE  \n4 STEPS TO MAKING AN INVESTMENT DECISION)  \nTHINK IN TERMS OF PROBABILITIES OF SUCCESS,  \nNOT “RIGHT” OR “WRONG”  \nDON'T BANK ON IT  \nPART ART, PART SCIENCE  \nWHAT IS SUSTAINABLE, COMPETITIVE  \nADVANTAGE?  \nMORE TYPES OF SUSTAINABLE COMPETITIVE  \nADVANTAGE  \nTHE EXAMPLE OF APPLE  \nA WIDE RANGE OF OPINIONS  \nCONCLUSION OF THE FRAMEWORK  \nNOTES  \nCHAPTER SEVEN: WHEN DID EVERYTHING BECOME  \nABOUT MONEY? (SOLVING THE FEAR, GREED, AND  \nENVY DISEASE)  \nFEAR, GREED, AND ENVY DISEASE  \nMAKE A DECISION FROM A PLACE OF CALM AND  \nEQUANIMITY  \nANTI‐SOCIAL MEDIA?  \nGRATITUDE IS THE ANSWER  \nMY FIRST LOVE—MUSIC  \nREAL ESTATE REALIZATION  \nTHE DOT‐COM LESSON, REVISITED  \nREAL ESTATE EUPHORIA: 2005–2007  \nCASH FLOW, BABY  \nENVY—THE MOST USELESS OF THE 7 DEADLY SINS  \nPURSUING A WORTHWHILE MISSION FIRST, LED TO  \nWEALTH  \nWITHIN EVERYDAY EXPERIENCES LIES THE IDEA  \nOF A GREAT BUSINESS, OR POSSIBLY A GREAT  \nINVESTMENT  \nINVESTING DOESN'T REQUIRE YOU TO BEAN  \nEXPERT  \nTHE END OF AMERICA, OR JUST THE BEGINNING?  \nYOU CAN'T MAKE GOOD DEALS WITH BAD PEOPLE  \nCONCLUSION  \nNOTES  \nACKNOWLEDGMENTS  \nWHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING ABOUT DAVID AND THE  \nULTIMATE INVESTOR TRAININGS  \nABOUT THE AUTHOR  \nINDEX  \nEND USER LICENSE AGREEMENT  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nPRAISE FOR STOP MAKING STUPID INVESTMENTS  \n“In the journey of creating financial freedom and building wealth, most people sabotage themselves with emotional traps, hype‐driven schemes, and rookie mistakes that wipe out their hard‐earned gains. 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