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Re:Cool URIs don't change (1998) by corford on Tuesday May 17, 2016 @08:37AM (#11713054)
A bit meta but can someone tell me if Warren Buffet is on course to win his bet[0]? It's set to expire next year.

[0] http://longbets.org/362/

Re:Cool URIs don't change (1998) by SyneRyder on Tuesday May 17, 2016 @08:55AM (#11713166)
There was an episode of Planet Money just a couple of months ago that says Buffett is indeed on track to win the bet:

http://www.npr.org/2016/03/10/469897691/armed-with-an-index-...

Re:Cool URIs don't change (1998) by kriro on Tuesday May 17, 2016 @09:06AM (#11713246)
CAGR of the S&P500 from 1/1/2008 until the end of 2015 was 6.5%. No idea what fund of funds they used but it's probably not going to be trivial to beat that (+whatever 2016 holds) over the time span after fees.
Re:Cool URIs don't change (1998) by corford on Tuesday May 17, 2016 @11:56AM (#11714659)
Thanks guys! :)