10
Sep
A Matter of Choice
As Simon Sinek states in ‘Start with Why’, “A company is a culture. A group of people brought together around a common set of values and beliefs.”...
07
Sep
The Weekend Starts Here...
My weekly compilation of the best of what I read, watched or listened to from the world of finance...
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Behaviour / Business / Financial planning / Goals / Investment / Leadership
/ Read Time: < 1 minute
05
Sep
Books I Read in... August 2018
I find people endlessly fascinating, and that’s certainly been borne out in my August reading – biographies dominated....
31
Aug
The Weekend Starts Here...
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....
29
Aug
The Thanksgiving Turkey
Recency bias permeates all aspects of our lives. Fortunately, as an investor, there are several steps you can take to mitigate its effects....
20
Aug
Hubris Always Seems Ridiculous – Until It's Our Own
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....
17
Aug
The Weekend Starts Here...
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....
14
Aug
The Money Value of Time
Money gives us choices. After satisfying our need for food, clothing and shelter, we can choose how we allocate our discretionary expenditure....
10
Aug
The Weekend Starts Here...
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...
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Behaviour / Books / Clients / Financial planning / Investment / Money values / People / Risk
/ Read Time: 2 minutes
06
Aug
Books I Read in... July 2018
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...