Investing in What You Know

Laurie Frederiksen on

Here's an interesting picture. Looks like many of the products many of us use in our households come from one of 10 companies.

Common Household Product Matrix from "My Journey to Millions"

This makes me think of my interview Senior year in college with Oldsmobile. At the time, being from the east coast, I didn't realize that Oldsmobiles, Pontiacs, Buicks, Cadillacs and Chevrolets were all made by the same company.

I think not only is it important to know what the companies you invest in make, it's also one of the fascinating things you learn as an investor.

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ira smilovitz on

Very interesting picture. I might have chosen a few other companies in place of Kellogg's or General Mills - 3M, Tyson Foods, Anheuser-Busch Inbev, Molson Coors, or Teva Pharmaceuticals.

Ira Smilovitz

On Tue, May 7, 2013 at 9:19 AM, Laurie Frederiksen <laurie@bivio.biz> wrote:

Here's an interesting picture. Looks like many of the products many of us use in our households come from one of 10 companies.

Common Household Product Matrix from "My Journey to Millions"

This makes me think of my interview Senior year in college with Oldsmobile. At the time, being from the east coast, I didn't realize that Oldsmobiles, Pontiacs, Buicks, Cadillacs and Chevrolets were all made by the same company.

I think not only is it important to know what the companies you invest in make, it's also one of the fascinating things you learn as an investor.

Laurie Frederiksen
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Roy Chastain on

Quite a graphic. Thank you for sharing. I had no idea that Lacoste was owned by P&G, or that Nestle' owned Ralph Lauren. Hard to wrap the mind around such revelations.

Roy Chastain

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--- On Tue, 5/7/13, Laurie Frederiksen <laurie@bivio.biz> wrote:

From: Laurie Frederiksen <laurie@bivio.biz>
Subject: [club_cafe] Investing in What You Know
To: "The Club Cafe" <club_cafe@bivio.com>
Date: Tuesday, May 7, 2013, 6:19 AM

Here's an interesting picture. Looks like many of the products many of us use in our households come from one of 10 companies.

Common Household Product Matrix from "My Journey to Millions"

This makes me think of my interview Senior year in college with Oldsmobile. At the time, being from the east coast, I didn't realize that Oldsmobiles, Pontiacs, Buicks, Cadillacs and Chevrolets were all made by the same company.

I think not only is it important to know what the companies you invest in make, it's also one of the fascinating things you learn as an investor.

Laurie Frederiksen
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Laurie Frederiksen on

It is interesting to use this as a reason to look more closely. Apparently, it is Lacoste and Ralph Lauren fragrances that are produced by those companies.

On Tue, May 7, 2013 at 6:35 PM, Roy Chastain <e4roy@yahoo.com> wrote:

Quite a graphic. Thank you for sharing. I had no idea that Lacoste was owned by P&G, or that Nestle' owned Ralph Lauren. Hard to wrap the mind around such revelations.

Roy Chastain

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