*1 January 1998 to 31 December 2003.
*The Spelling Strategy was developed by Robert Dilts, codeveloper of the branch of applied psychology known as Neuro-Linguistic Programming.
*On second thought, even going broke will only hinder, not halt his quest.
*The equivalent of $9,800 in 1950 dollars is approximately $77,100 today. A remarkable achievement for anyone just turned twenty.
†About $975,000 of today’s dollars. An amazing result when you realize the stock market of the early 1950s bears no resemblance to the booms of the 1980s or 1990s.
*I’ve always been amused that one meaning of the word “academic” is not practical or directly useful. As in the phrase “It’s academic,” meaning “irrelevant.”
*The famed economist Samuelson is an ardent proponent of the efficient-market hypothesis. Nevertheless, he made a sizable investment in shares of Berkshire Hathaway. We can only assume that his conscience was salved by the profits he made.
*“Bernhard Mast” prefers to remain completely anonymous, so this is not his real name.