Books I Read in... August 2018
I find people endlessly fascinating, and that’s certainly been borne out in my August reading – biographies dominated....
I find people endlessly fascinating, and that’s certainly been borne out in my August reading – biographies dominated....
Honest journalism; anecdotes; the magician's trick; the man who owns the moon; putting your clients' interests first; becoming a better reader; who can best argue the case for active management; what is a trillion dollars? The best of what I read this week....
Recency bias permeates all aspects of our lives. Fortunately, as an investor, there are several steps you can take to mitigate its effects....
There are many steps we can take as investors to shield ourselves from the worst aspects of our emotional behaviour, but one of the most effective, by far, is process, process, process....
Maniacs; divisive politics; we don't work as many hours as we think we do; bubbles; knowledge; expected returns; the democratisation of information; volatility. The best of what I read this week....
Money gives us choices. After satisfying our need for food, clothing and shelter, we can choose how we allocate our discretionary expenditure....
3 cracking books; Appealing Fictions; Making a Market; Timeless Investment Principles; To Do lists; Capitalism; Asking for Help; The (other) problem with active management; Zero fee funds; Table Stakes; French pastry wars. The best of what I read and watched this week...
With temperatures nudging triple digits for most of the month once the morning farm chores are done all of us living here retreat to the cool of the house or the barns during daylight hours. But come the evening, when the temperature drops to...
Photo by Helena Yankovska on Unsplash “Headlines, in a way, are what mislead you because bad news is a headline, and gradual improvement is not.” How we succumb to obsessing over low probability risks [3 min read] [Ben Carlson] Google Maps has 99% coverage of the world, 25 million updates daily,...
Asset allocation seems to be something which people can struggle with, and feel that ‘More is more’. Here at Bloomsbury, we like to keep things simple....