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Re:Microsoft Near Deal to Buy Minecraft Maker Mojang by ekianjo on Tuesday September 09, 2014 @09:54PM (#8294482)
> I bet Bill Gates has a hard time finding enough qualified people to wisely manage the money he is giving away.

That's hardly surprising. Managing money is investing, and wise investment requires a lot of skills, market information, and connections. There's only so many good investors out there.

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Re:Microsoft Near Deal to Buy Minecraft Maker Mojang by JamesBarney on Tuesday September 09, 2014 @11:56PM (#8294839)
I don't think managing a charity successfully and making savvy investment decisions are similar. Investing outside of angel investing/accelerators is fairly close to a zero sum game, and there are many more excellent opportunities from a societal investment perspective in charities than in investing.

Not investing as a whole is a zero sum game but specifically increased levels of investing sophistication and savvy.

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Re:Microsoft Near Deal to Buy Minecraft Maker Mojang by Ntrails on Wednesday September 10, 2014 @10:35AM (#8296714)
In general due to fees investing is considered to be a negative sum game.
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