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....
13 Jul The Weekend Starts Here...
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...
22 May Lenin's Brain
The word ‘genius’ gets bandied about a lot. I am a believer in genius, as opposed to exceptional intelligence, but I think it is much rarer an attribute than we think....
11 May The weekend starts here....
Buffett; humility and our ability to learn; hungry mice; turning desert sand into farmland; the cost of bad advice; the benefits of doing nothing; it's ok to sin a little; humility (again); how the mighty are fallen; GDPR, and Buffett (again). The best of what...
13 Apr The weekend starts here....
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in Behaviour, Books, Business, Clients, Education, Engagement, Financial planning, Goals, Investment, Money values
The importance of effective communication; can money buy you happiness; beware the soothsayers; just because you can stop working doesn't mean you have to; the main reason for rebalancing your portfolio, and listening to rhubarb grow. These are the best of what caught my...
06 Apr The weekend starts here...
Photo by Jonathan Fink on Unsplash What’s the difference between a beginner and an expert? The answer is very neatly summed up in here [infographic] An 18 year old won a million dollars in the US lottery, and had to make a choice as to how to receive her winnings....
30 Mar The weekend starts here
Things that fund managers don't say enough; being wary of fooling yourself; sticking to your plan; the importance of enjoying life while you can, and how financial planners play a huge role in this, and what do the names of countries actually mean? The best...
22 Jan Heroes & Villains
By delegating the management of your money to a third party (either a fund manager or a discretionary portfolio manager) do not make the mistake of assuming they will be in control of their emotions any more than you are. Do your homework. ...
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...
18 Sep Do passive investors care about corporate governance?
“No passive investor cares much about governance of a particular company.” Todd Henderson and Dorothy Shapiro Lund, Wall Street Journal, 22nd June 2017 The above quotation comes from an article published in the Wall Street Journal (WSJ), access to which is only available to subscribers, although...
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