Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes Investing should be done not just for good returns but for a particular purpose. That exact purpose varies from person to person but one commonality we all share is our investing lifetime. As I explain in the…
Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes Have you ever wondered why so many investors are glued to the financial news channels and websites in a desperate search for information that might help them put their financial house in order? In my…
Estimated Reading Time: 1 minute The basic math notations we learned in elementary school can be very helpful in framing the foundational building blocks for a sound financial life. Here are my Top 14: 1. Good behavior >…
Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes Most of us presume events of the day, particularly those within the political or financial realms, are of vital importance and will remain so in the future. When something happens on the world stage today,…
Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes In her excellent book Thinking in Bets, author Annie Duke describes how most of us downplay the role of chance or luck in our lives. We want to believe that the quality of our choices…
Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes Everyday life is full of a myriad of risks. From the moment that we get out of bed in the morning until we go to sleep at night, risk is a close companion. To go…
Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes All of us are human and we are, at least in some way, attracted to promises that appear to be “good deals.” The grand majority of the machinations by investors each day amount to searching…
Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes The constant grind from all forms of media clamor for our attention. Political punditry, religious rants, and financial forecasts dominate discussions each day. If you believe or support one side, then by inference you must…
Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes There are thousands of classic quotes about money and investing that contain morsels of truth. The problem is applying these to modern life can be difficult. Here are my Top 10 money maxims along with…
Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes I write a lot about behavioral guidance, but what does this mean? Why is it important? Simply put, behavioral economics studies how real people act in real situations. How you act and react to both…
