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Re:If you want to understand Silicon Valley, watch Silicon V... by clairity on Monday November 19, 2018 @05:06PM (#18490145)
yes, but that doesn't matter. at the end, they estimate the current value from indexing to be about $2B.

the trump wealth transfer started over 60 years ago. over the long run, market timing doesn't matter that much.

(EDIT: and that opinion piece was not coherent; the author mixed up trump's businesses with his net worth, and convoluted other finance concepts to render his desired "opinion". it was awful.)

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Re:If you want to understand Silicon Valley, watch Silicon V... by ikeboy on Monday November 19, 2018 @05:14PM (#18490209)
That's just not the case - if you assume he bought in during a low point you'll get a much higher figure.

Besides, there's no claim that he was given anywhere close to $400M over 60 years ago, nor can anyone be realistically expected to invest their inheritance starting at the age of 12.

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Re:If you want to understand Silicon Valley, watch Silicon V... by cm2012 on Tuesday November 20, 2018 @02:04AM (#18492280)
Trump inherited most of it in 2000 when his mother died. He had money before that from gifts though.
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