Diversification; luck; the similarities between investing & gardening; magical thinking; staying humble; what makes a great investor; gold or stocks; the importance of having an IPS; camera wielding pigeons. Things which caught my eye this week....
A reporter asked the legendary cellist Pablo Casals on his 95th birthday “Mr Casals, you’re 95 and the greatest cellist who ever lived. Why do you still practice six hours a day?” Casals answered, “Because I think I’m making progress.”...
There's no such thing as too big to be simple; asset allocation across different ages; the ugly side of social media; you can't measure what's going on in people's heads; our behavioural biases; selecting an active fund manager; reading; financial therapy & marathons fuelled by...
Here are six tips to help you to avoid the common mistakes people make and to enjoy your hard earned financial independence....
Books I read in June; advice to a stranger; proof negative; betting on things that never change; EBI West 2018; boring is good; the #1 rule in investing; fighting the good fight. The best of what I've been reading & listening to...
I recently spent a few days at beautiful Dana Point, California, attending EBI West – an annual conference organised by IMN and Ritholtz Wealth. It was a big investment – of both money and time – but worth it. Here are my key...
Bailout Nation by Barry Ritholz; Factfulness by Hans Rosling; I, Fatty by Jerry Stahl and Big Mistakes by Michael Batnick. The best of what I read in June....
At the precise time this blog will be published (I am writing this a week ahead of publication) I am probably in a state of excited terror and low-level nausea. ...
Watch out for fraudsters; the history of the Galton Board; clients' little foibles; the man behind 'Catch me if you can' gives a talk at Google; when values are built on sand; wealthy vs rich; the luxury of having time to concentrate on what clients...
In early December 1999 I had one of those experiences in my career which I knew I was never going to forget. My first appointment that day was with a woman whose husband had recently committed suicide...