30 separate times about every 10 weeks on this podcast over six years.

I picked five stocks.

I chose a theme that made sense to me at the time, sometimes sublime, sometimes silly.

And then I thought to myself, one of the five best

recommendations that I can come up with for stocks that fit that theme.

Aiming, of course, to beat the market, always to beat the market, the S&P 500, otherwise,

pay why are we bothering?

And then one year later we review the picks.

What was the theme again?

How are the stocks doing?

Also, how are they doing versus the market?

More important for our learning, our way of thinking,

why have the stocks done what they've done.

A one year review and then another year passes the two year review and then,

well we never forget, we hope you wouldn't also.

We score everything transparently and accountabilityably because we're fools.

You should expect that of us.

And then the three-year review, which is often the most telling.

First, because three years have passed

since I picked the five stocks so we really can be

smarter about what has happened and why and what we can learn so that's the

smarter part but if I've done my job well, then we'll also be happier and richer as well.

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