"Diversification"? That word sounds very familiar for some strange reason.
Yes, I'm sure your investments do much better than a pretty consistent annual average of low double digits over decades. You probably even are ahead of Oceanstone's 55% they've made the last 5 years - including '08 when they were down 10% while the S&P was down nearly 40%.
And I'm sure you were down nowhere near 30% in '08 when Buffett and Icahn were - in fact, you probably shorted 100% of your portfolio in subprime mtgs, Bear Stearns, Merrill, and Lehman Bros and made triple digits in '08, correct?
I'll bet you've never even been down a single day, much less a month, quarter, or year. You're probably making 4 digit returns year in, year out.
Please share some of YOUR specific investment strategies with us peons, Macho Man - if you can pull yourself away from day trading your 12 figure hedge fund long enough.
I can give you my current main account portfolio as well. I'm sure it pales in comparison to "The Secret" though.
You have a file on me do you?
I run a company out here for a Japanese MNC in Asia but the direct parent company is American.
I also have my own company in the financial industry. One that started over a period of time because I put the savings from the above company into the sort of crappy investments that are being mentioned here. I figured I was better off moving away from the sort of 'advisers' that will look you in the eye after losing 30% of your money (and charging you 1-4% for the privilege) and say "at least we beat the benchmark".
There was never an intention to become part of the financial industry but I spotted a niche and decided I may as well exploit it as anyone else.
Like I say - these things are not necessarily mutually exclusive. Put the right people in place and you only need to direct them/put out fires.
It's called diversification.