How delusional do you have to be to think that doubling a fortune of 440 million is a failure? Like what? Is he as successful as he could've been? No. Are you as successful as you could have been? Are you the ultimate optimizer of your wealth diversification and returns? By your logic, that would make anyone a failure. Again, ABJECT failure means failing at the maximum degree, please use correct words. It's not even a matter of grammar policing as a distraction, you and Plague are genuinely wrong.
I mean yes I do view that as a failure in the scenario you are given an upfront lump sum and all you can do is double it over the time frame in this particular scenario. You could take an ultra conservative approach to investment and double it multiple times.
Yes I expect my investment at minimum to be at or better than the total us market or S&P 500 or I failed. And yes on average I expect based on historical returns to double my money every 7-9 years. I would expect anyone at our age assuming mid 30s to have a very similar expectation. If they do not I suspect they are either financially illiterate or have higher expectations of themselves.
Again I'm just going by the scenario presented. I don't know if it's actually true or not that he did receive that sum of wealth via Trust or Inheritance and what the portfolio allocation / asset classes within were.
Just because the dollars are larger does not mean success if the starting is also large. It's based on % return.
Let's look at it this way. If you hired an investment manager and they only doubled your money over 30 years you would be furious. Fire them and call them incompetent.
This post was edited by SBD on May 20 2026 10:32pm