Druckenmiller did 30% CAGR for 30 years.
Jim Simons 40-50% CAGR for his life.
Buffett 20% CAGR for 75+ years.
Somehow we have people on social media expecting 300% CAGR.
Stanley Druckenmiller just now on @CNBC
*going from the most anti-business administration to the opposite
*CEOs on the ground are giddy
*markets are complicated - despite all the positives of the economy, one of the most unattractive earnings yield to bond yield in 20 years
.@BillAckman was:
1. down over 80% on an investment and his fund was down 30%+
2. Going through a divorce
3. Negative press was all over him
Here is his advice for dealing with high pressure situations and the hardest of times.
Stanley Druckenmiller @standuquesne on contrarian trading and investing being overrated.
“Contrarian investing is way overrated. It is intellectual cool to not be with the crowd but the crowd makes money 80% of the time. They kill themselves at the turns and losing as much as
Here is a YouTube playlist I created of 14 long-form Stanley Druckenmiller interviews I’ve found. I’ve seen most of them and am working through them again.
There is never enough listening to Stan and his wisdom.
Quote of the Day:
"If all the news is great and the stock is not acting well, GET OUT, which is a pretty simple thing most analysts don't know."
~ Stanley Druckenmiller
Hear Stanley Druckenmiller @standuquesne discuss what made him so successful to put up 30% a year for 30 years with zero down years.
“I like to put all my eggs in one basket and then watching it very carefully“
“Too many investors look at the present. The present is already in
$VIX is 34.62. For those that don’t know if you divide VIX by 16 you get expected volatility.
34.62/16 = 2.16
2.16% volatility in the markets can be expected.