TMFGuruEbby

Robert Eberhard

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General Information

Name:
Robert Eberhard
Fool Since:
July 5 2011
Where I Live:
West Valley City, UT
Where I Grew Up:
West Valley City, UT
Gender:
Male

Investing Basics

Investing Experience:
Medium High
Risk Tolerance:
Medium
Investing Style:
Long-Term Buy to Hold
Portfolio Size:
Medium (4-12 Stocks)
Types of Investments:
100% stocks
Stocks I Own:
BOFI, BRK-B, F, LNKD, MAIN, SODA, SBUX, TSLA, UA, WM, Z

Investing Favorites

Stocks:
BRK-B, UA, SAM, SODA
Industries:
Consumer Goods, Banks/Financials
Books:
Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham; Snowball by Alice Schroeder (Warren Buffett biography)
Newsletters:
Supernova (Odyssey)
Magazines:
Money
People:
Warren Buffett, David and Tom Gardner

Investing Expertise

My Area of Expertise:
Financials
Greatest Investment:
Z
Worst Investment:
WPRT
Money I Manage:
My own

Education And Work Information

School(s) Attended
University of Connecticut, BA - Political Science '05; Post University, BS - Accounting '11
Job Title
Contributing Writer
Company / Organization
The Motley Fool
Former Jobs
Department of Defense, Army Reserve, Blockbuster, Internal Revenue Service

Interests

My Interests:
robert-eberhard.com
Person(s) I'd Like To Meet:
Warren Buffett, Ben Folds, Kevin Smith
Favorite Restaurants or Foods:
Sushi
Favorite Vacation Spots:
Germany
Favorite Sports or Teams:
Boston Red Sox, Utah Jazz, New England Patriots
Favorite Movies:
Dogma, Shawshank Redemption, Seven, Batman Beyond, Seven Samurai, Superbad, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgandy
Favorite Board Games:
Risk, Trivial Pursuit
Favorite Video Games:
NCAA Football, Mass Effect series
Favorite Music or Musicians:
Ben Folds
Great Books Read Recently:
The Big Short, Lincoln, Intelligent Investor; Song of Ice and Fire series
Book Currently Reading:
The Master of Disguise: My Life in the CIA

An Interview with TMFGuruEbby

Last updated: 1/23/2013
The Fool:
Given a second chance, what financial decision would you like to do over?
TMFGuruEbby:
Avoiding debt while in my 20s, and maybe scaling back the money spent on a wedding that didn't ultimately last. Hindsight 20/20 and all that
The Fool:
Have you had a brush with fame, the proverbial '15 minutes'? Tell us about it.
TMFGuruEbby:
Not yet, though I hope to someday be important enough to have one.
The Fool:
What lesson do you wish you’d learned ten years ago?
TMFGuruEbby:
I wish that I had been a bit better with my money over the past decade and be a bit more budget conscious. As I begin my 30s, I find that I am recovering from a lot of bad financial decisions made in my 20s. I also wish that I had been invested in the market a bit more a decade ago.
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