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Birthday Boy Buffett

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A winning start to the 2020-21 football season, although laying the 4-1 outsider isn't likely to excite too many readers because, to quote Warren Buffett (who turns 90 today), " nobody wants to get rich slow ."  Unfortunately, barring an unlikely lottery win, for most of us getting rich slowly is the only way we are going to get rich, but the good news is that so long as you don't leave it too late to start, it's something that anyone can do. "Personal finance is just math mixed with discipline and self control." - Steve Burns In fact, birthday boy Warren Buffett has made nearly 90% of his estimated $82 billion after reaching the age of 65.  "Investing well is important, but investing well for a long time matters even more." Of course that means he had about $8 billion to his name when he reached 65, and I for one am behind schedule on reaching that goal (unless Tesla keeps up its run) but we don't all need to be Warren Buffett to be wealth...