Investing

TagLast edit: Jun 3, 2020, 7:40 AM by Aaron Gertler 🔸

The Investing tag covers posts about how we can invest our money to produce higher impact, whether we want to increase our expected returns, create stable funding for long-term endeavors, or pursue other goals related to doing more good.

(Please be very careful when reading free investment advice distributed on an open online forum.)

The case for investing to give later

Sjir Hoeijmakers🔸Jul 3, 2020, 3:23 PM

54 points

30 comments14 min readEA link

Impact investing is only a good idea in specific circumstances

Hauke HillebrandtDec 6, 2018, 12:13 PM

88 points

9 comments5 min readEA link

(lets-fund.org)

A generalized strategy of ‘mission hedging’: investing in ‘evil’ to do more good

Hauke HillebrandtFeb 18, 2018, 5:41 PM

45 points

34 comments18 min readEA link

Estimating the Philanthropic Discount Rate

MichaelDickensJul 3, 2020, 4:58 PM

81 points

21 comments40 min readEA link

Against much financial risk tolerance

trammellJul 30, 2023, 10:27 PM

102 points

29 comments42 min readEA link

AGI and the EMH: markets are not expecting aligned or unaligned AI in the next 30 years

basil.halperinJan 10, 2023, 4:05 PM

342 points

177 comments26 min readEA link

EAs and EA Orgs Should Move Cash from Low-Interest to High-Interest Options

Brendon_WongFeb 23, 2019, 12:24 PM

57 points

18 comments13 min readEA link

Investing to Give: FP Research Report

Sjir Hoeijmakers🔸Oct 30, 2020, 12:43 PM

94 points

10 comments10 min readEA link

[Question] Is shareholder activism worth it?

sbowmanSep 4, 2020, 11:49 PM

21 points

9 comments1 min readEA link

Cash and FX management for EA organizations

JueYanOct 14, 2023, 12:19 AM

280 points

16 comments6 min readEA link

[Question] Is EA’s capital invested as well as top endowments?

EarthlingJan 28, 2023, 1:47 AM

8 points

3 comments1 min readEA link

Financial guidance for US-based donors

Rebecca HerbstOct 9, 2023, 11:57 PM

39 points

0 comments2 min readEA link

When Realizing Capital Gains Reduces Tax

ABlankJan 5, 2024, 12:18 AM

8 points

0 comments3 min readEA link

Personal Finance Coaching for EAs: Call for Applicants

Rebecca HerbstMar 22, 2023, 11:22 PM

32 points

1 comment3 min readEA link

[Question] Should we create an EA index?

Peter SøllingAug 4, 2020, 11:25 AM

19 points

7 comments1 min readEA link

A simple way of exploiting AI’s coming economic impact may be highly-impactful

kuiraJul 16, 2023, 10:30 AM

5 points

0 comments2 min readEA link

(www.lesswrong.com)

EAs Should Invest All Year, then Give only on Giving Tuesday

Cullen 🔸Jan 10, 2019, 9:17 PM

54 points

24 comments2 min readEA link

Movement building and investing to give later

abergalJul 15, 2020, 10:46 PM

48 points

5 comments2 min readEA link

Donor-Advised Funds vs. Taxable Accounts for Patient Donors

MichaelDickensOct 19, 2020, 8:38 PM

44 points

15 comments10 min readEA link

Impact Investing—A Viable Option for EAs?

NaryanJul 11, 2018, 2:10 AM

7 points

17 comments6 min readEA link

Seeking feedback on new EA-aligned economics paper

jhOct 21, 2021, 9:19 PM

35 points

13 comments1 min readEA link

Low-Hanging (Monetary) Fruit for Wealthy EAs

MichaelDickensOct 16, 2021, 3:43 PM

32 points

2 comments2 min readEA link

[Question] Should I invest my runway?

David KingJul 9, 2022, 10:22 AM

8 points

9 comments1 min readEA link

Thoughts on patient philanthropy

Tobias_BaumannSep 8, 2020, 12:00 PM

14 points

5 comments1 min readEA link

(s-risks.org)

A Comparison of Donor-Advised Fund Providers

MichaelDickensMar 9, 2022, 6:53 PM

113 points

37 comments13 min readEA link

[Question] How to hedge investment portfolio against AI risk?

Timothy_LiptrotJan 31, 2023, 8:04 AM

8 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

How EAs can become Accredited / Experienced Investors (practical tips)

Alex Barnes Nov 11, 2021, 2:00 PM

5 points

2 comments1 min readEA link

Uncorrelated Investments for Altruists

MichaelDickensNov 23, 2020, 11:03 PM

58 points

15 comments25 min readEA link

Ramsey and Intergenerational Welfare Economics—Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Eevee🔹May 24, 2023, 12:27 AM

14 points

1 comment2 min readEA link

(plato.stanford.edu)

Keynesian Altruism

Grayden 🔸Sep 13, 2020, 12:18 PM

52 points

22 comments7 min readEA link

Marginal Revolution University’s courses and series

Vasco Grilo🔸Mar 1, 2024, 6:25 PM

26 points

2 comments3 min readEA link

(mru.org)

How You Can Counterfactually Send Millions of Dollars to EA Charities

Brendon_WongDec 24, 2020, 2:50 AM

82 points

19 comments12 min readEA link

[Question] Pros/Cons of Donor-Advised Fund

zdgroffApr 22, 2019, 12:56 AM

13 points

12 comments1 min readEA link

Effective Impact Investing

grissmanFeb 27, 2019, 6:07 PM

62 points

35 comments6 min readEA link

Activist Investment Funds for Climate Change? I want to leverage my retirement money to also push positive changes in the world while at least maintaining the principal.

maxwellJan 2, 2022, 1:53 PM

14 points

3 comments1 min readEA link

A Preliminary Model of Mission-Correlated Investing

MichaelDickensApr 4, 2022, 6:50 PM

34 points

2 comments22 min readEA link

Missing Market: Sustainable African ETF

James BaileyMar 3, 2021, 2:57 PM

50 points

7 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] Which stocks or ETFs should you invest in to take advantage of a possible AGI explosion, and why?

Eevee🔹Apr 10, 2023, 5:55 PM

19 points

16 comments1 min readEA link

Mission Hedgers Want to Hedge Quantity, Not Price

MichaelDickensAug 18, 2021, 8:32 PM

28 points

6 comments5 min readEA link

Popular Personal Financial Advice versus the Professors (James Choi, NBER)

Eevee🔹Oct 16, 2022, 10:21 PM

41 points

6 comments1 min readEA link

Crucial questions about optimal timing of work and donations

MichaelA🔸Aug 14, 2020, 8:43 AM

45 points

4 comments27 min readEA link

How Much Leverage Should Altruists Use?

MichaelDickensJan 7, 2020, 4:25 AM

70 points

64 comments48 min readEA link

Risk aversion and investment (for altruists)

Paul_ChristianoFeb 28, 2013, 5:00 AM

5 points

6 comments8 min readEA link

Is EA over-invested in Crypto?

Max ClarkeJan 18, 2022, 4:19 AM

22 points

8 comments2 min readEA link

Earning to give may be the best option for patient EAs

JackMDec 26, 2021, 10:26 AM

31 points

5 comments6 min readEA link

What would you do if you had half a million dollars?

Patrick Brinich-Langlois 🔸Jul 17, 2021, 4:18 PM

107 points

52 comments5 min readEA link

“Patient vs urgent longtermism” has little direct bearing on giving now vs later

Owen Cotton-BarrattDec 9, 2020, 2:58 PM

178 points

32 comments6 min readEA link

The Risk of Concentrating Wealth in a Single Asset

MichaelDickensApr 29, 2022, 5:58 PM

97 points

20 comments11 min readEA link

Increasing risk tolerance by growing your investments

Andy_SchultzJan 1, 2016, 7:17 PM

4 points

3 comments2 min readEA link

Phil Trammell: Philanthropy timing and the hinge of history

EA GlobalFeb 11, 2020, 9:15 PM

22 points

1 comment13 min readEA link

(www.youtube.com)

Earning to Save (Give 1%, Save 10%)

RaemonNov 26, 2018, 11:47 PM

96 points

39 comments3 min readEA link

An argument for keeping open the option of earning to save

Benjamin_ToddAug 31, 2020, 3:09 PM

34 points

13 comments3 min readEA link

ESG investing isn’t high-impact, but it could be

SanjayMar 18, 2021, 2:07 PM

92 points

6 comments29 min readEA link

Even Allocation Strategy under High Model Ambiguity

MichaelStJulesDec 31, 2020, 9:10 AM

15 points

3 comments2 min readEA link

Best way to invest with leverage?

Brian_TomasikApr 2, 2015, 11:04 AM

6 points

51 comments1 min readEA link

Should AI X-Risk Worriers Short the Market?

postlibertarianNov 4, 2024, 4:16 PM

14 points

1 comment6 min readEA link

Should Patient Philanthropists Invest Differently?

MichaelDickensSep 14, 2022, 8:16 PM

23 points

5 comments19 min readEA link

[Question] What brand should EA buy? If we had to buy one.

Nathan YoungFeb 5, 2022, 11:13 AM

31 points

32 comments1 min readEA link

Finding socially responsible investment opportunities (looking for feedback)

hyunjunJun 14, 2022, 10:00 AM

1 point

0 comments1 min readEA link

Asset Allocation and Leverage for Altruists with Constraints

MichaelDickensDec 14, 2020, 8:48 PM

31 points

0 comments25 min readEA link

Semi-conductor / AI stocks discussion.

sapphireNov 25, 2022, 11:35 PM

10 points

3 comments1 min readEA link

End-of-year donations: Give For Good

RikDec 22, 2022, 8:56 AM

−13 points

10 comments1 min readEA link

Investing for a cause

brb243Aug 12, 2022, 1:35 AM

5 points

0 comments16 min readEA link

Index Investing and EA

Mahendra PrasadJul 6, 2022, 6:23 PM

10 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

(bogleheads.podbean.com)

Mission-correlated investing: Examples of mission hedging and ‘leveraging’

jhMar 11, 2022, 9:33 AM

25 points

1 comment7 min readEA link

Maximizing the Long-Run Returns of Retirement Savings

FCCCJul 7, 2020, 8:52 AM

11 points

7 comments4 min readEA link

Alix Zwane: Using evidence for smart impact investing

EA GlobalJun 15, 2019, 2:49 PM

6 points

0 comments14 min readEA link

(www.youtube.com)

John Halstead: Is impact investing impactful?

EA GlobalJun 29, 2020, 12:56 PM

27 points

4 comments14 min readEA link

(www.youtube.com)

[Question] As an EA, Should I renounce my US citizenship?

anonymoususerApr 18, 2021, 4:45 PM

10 points

6 comments1 min readEA link

EA could benefit from a general-purpose nonprofit entity that offers donor-advised funds and fiscal sponsorship

Brendon_WongJun 27, 2020, 12:16 AM

58 points

17 comments3 min readEA link

Why EAs should become Accredited / Experienced Investors (anecdotal evidence)

Alex Barnes Nov 11, 2021, 3:28 PM

4 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

EA-Aligned Impact Investing: Mind Ease Case Study

Brendon_WongNov 15, 2021, 3:57 PM

71 points

25 comments18 min readEA link

[Question] Should patient investors try to correlate portfolio holdings with potential cause areas?

shepardspieJan 31, 2021, 10:11 PM

20 points

2 comments2 min readEA link

Climate-contingent Finance, and A Generalized Mechanism for X-Risk Reduction Financing

johnjnaySep 26, 2022, 1:23 PM

6 points

1 comment25 min readEA link

Using the tax system and stock market to donate more: a few basic strategies

🔸✨BSman ✨🔸Nov 1, 2020, 9:44 PM

24 points

3 comments11 min readEA link

Event-driven mission correlated investing and the 2020 US election

jhJun 14, 2021, 3:06 PM

48 points

11 comments4 min readEA link

[Question] Sustainability Fund

El-Nino9Jul 20, 2020, 7:52 AM

2 points

3 comments1 min readEA link

How to optimize your taxes as a donor in the US: donate appreciated securities, make a donor-advised fund, and bunch your donations

sam_brennerApr 30, 2022, 10:19 AM

15 points

8 comments11 min readEA link

(www.sambrenner.xyz)

A portfolio approach towards effective environmentalism?

BedeJul 27, 2020, 8:48 AM

11 points

2 comments1 min readEA link

Effective Altruism and International Trade

brb243Oct 15, 2019, 3:21 AM

38 points

77 comments5 min readEA link

EAs should ‘invest to give’. A perspective from Fintech founders

Marco VegaFeb 14, 2023, 3:51 PM

−57 points

11 comments21 min readEA link

A Practical Guide for Saving-to-Give

Chris_WebsterApr 2, 2022, 5:28 PM

8 points

1 comment1 min readEA link

(www.christopher-webster.com)

Can High-Yield Investing Be the Most Good You Can Do?

DisselkoenJul 27, 2020, 5:51 AM

14 points

6 comments5 min readEA link

Is the US government insolvent?

SatoshiDec 1, 2022, 1:58 PM

3 points

10 comments5 min readEA link

When to diversify? Breaking down mission-correlated investing

jhNov 29, 2022, 11:18 AM

33 points

2 comments8 min readEA link

Announcing the Patient Philanthropy Fund

Sjir Hoeijmakers🔸Oct 27, 2021, 3:44 PM

131 points

7 comments1 min readEA link

X-Risk, Anthropics, & Peter Thiel’s Investment Thesis

Jackson WagnerOct 26, 2021, 6:38 PM

50 points

1 comment19 min readEA link

[Question] What are some high impact companies to invest in?

JpmosJan 23, 2021, 6:30 PM

8 points

2 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] If EAs Should Invest, What Should We Invest In?

Noah Varley🔸Dec 29, 2023, 2:51 PM

18 points

3 comments3 min readEA link

Poll: Donor-Advised Funds

112Dec 21, 2022, 7:01 AM

3 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

Philanthropists Probably Shouldn’t Mission-Hedge AI Progress

MichaelDickensAug 23, 2022, 11:03 PM

28 points

9 comments36 min readEA link

LW4EA: Six economics misconceptions of mine which I’ve resolved over the last few years

JeremyAug 30, 2022, 3:20 PM

8 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

(www.lesswrong.com)

[Question] How can I start off my career as an EA aligned Venture Capitalist ?

NayanikaJan 27, 2023, 9:30 AM

19 points

4 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] Investing in climate mitigation in Africa

drbrake 🔸Jan 30, 2023, 4:21 PM

3 points

2 comments1 min readEA link

SVB collapse- cheap startup equity?

AnnealMar 13, 2023, 4:31 AM

3 points

3 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] Alternative to Mintos (developing world loan investment) in the UK?

Daniel AskewApr 8, 2024, 9:42 AM

5 points

1 comment1 min readEA link

Strategic wealth accumulation under transformative AI expectations

ardenbergFeb 21, 2025, 1:16 PM

21 points

3 comments17 min readEA link

(arxiv.org)

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