Doug Casey's Take [ep.#134] Lessons from my biggest investing mistakes

In earlier episodes, Doug shared some of his biggest investment winners. Today, we talk about investments gone wrong and what we learned from them.

Mentioned in this episode:

Hank Johnson was the congressman who asked if the island of Guam could tip over. Louie Gohmert was the one who suggested changing moon's orbit to fight climate change. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHjktX1oQPU

Life imitating art as US forces abandon Afghan airbase
The Onion in 2011
https://www.theonion.com/u-s-quietly-slips-out-of-afghanistan-in-dead-of-night-1819572778

The real deal this week.
https://apnews.com/article/bagram-afghanistan-airfield-us-troops-f3614828364f567593251aaaa167e623

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00:00:00 Introduction
0:02 Matt's error and interchangeable elected leaders
3:12 Afghanistan - Life imitating Art
4:57 Dot com boom
8:19 DC Realestate
10:58 Leverage & Futures Contracts
17:35 Private deals
18:37 Riding your winners
25:29 How to know when you've got a winner