11 Dec Probability
Research has shown that we are twice as sensitive to losses as we are to gains; the fact that we prefer to avoid losses can compromise our objectivity. ...
04 Dec Books I read in...November 2017
It's all in the mind. We react to investing in a similar way to drugs; we can push ourselves to unbelievable limits and achieve extraordinary things. Be inspired! ...
24 Nov THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE...
Managing the Earth's resources, why books are about so much more than reading and why you can't help but listen to the Portsmouth Sinfonia. ...
17 Nov The Weekend Starts Here - interesting snippets from around the web
The Dead Man Fund, keeping an open mind, avoiding overconfidence, optical illusions and Google's truth serum. Some of what caught my eye this week...
08 Nov Investment Basics
Our latest animation is up on our You Tube channel ...
30 Oct Being on your best behaviour
As investors, we have to contend with the erratic and irrational way in which we think and behave. A lack of knowledge, combined with a number of illusions and biases, can lead to errors in making decisions that can turn out to be very...
27 Oct The weekend starts here...interesting snippets from around the web
Bubbles, true talent, accepting underperformance, learning to live with maybes and who IS buried on the moon? The best of what I read this week....
23 Oct Costs matter - make sure you know exactly what you’re paying to invest
No one would think of buying a car – or making any other large purchase - without knowing what they were going to pay. The same applies when investing in funds, there are a number of different ‘layers’ of costs which you need to...
13 Oct The weekend starts here - interesting snippets from around the web
A Library of Mistakes, realising the difference between good advice and effective advice, Nobel Prize winners and How to care for your Introvert, these all caught my eye this week....
09 Oct The art (and importance) of rebalancing
World stockmarkets have had a good run in recent years. If you haven't thought about rebalancing your portfolio, now might be a good time to think about doing so....