How to Beat the Stock Market (S&P 500) by Doing NOTHING

The John Johnston Lounge · Oct 25, 2022 · 10m

Have you heard of the coffee can portfolio? It's a classic investing strategy, proven over many decades. It works only if the investor has the patience to carry it out without getting distracted. It involves doing nothing to beat the market, or almost nothing. How is it possible that it has worked? Let’s find out.

Timestamps:

00:18 The Coffee Can Portfolio

01:14 Origins of The Coffee Can Portfolio strategy

02:37 Why does it work?

03:32 Pfizer coffee can example

04:22 Extreme coffee can example

05:33 Importance of changing company lifespans

06:54 Coffee can strategy for 100 baggers

07:52 Even…