• The Importance Of Understanding Your Own Psychology

  — March 7, 2017

  Some of the best investors in history have famously said that investors need to be willing to hold on through major crashes of as much as 50%. However, that is […]

  Continue Reading ...

• 10 Things You Can’t Learn From a Backtest

  — January 18, 2017

  In today’s mega-powerful world of financial data and omni-present computing power, back tests have become an increasingly popular way for investors to try to optimize investing strategies using past market […]

  Continue Reading ...

• Normal Accidents

  — January 5, 2017

  With the stock market now marching towards a 9th straight year of gains investors need to remind themselves that markets do, in fact, fall, sometimes by painful amounts. Let’s take […]

  Continue Reading ...

• Self-Examination

  — December 21, 2016

  Even Wall Street pros can fall into the trap of overestimating their abilities, and effectively lying to themselves about their own returns. Which is why it’s so important to track […]

  Continue Reading ...

• Investing Is a Fascinating Business

  — November 24, 2016

  It’s literally never been easier for investors to get rich over the long-term in the stock market. Yet countless people end up losing money or underperforming. Find out why investing, […]

  Continue Reading ...

• Shocking Facts That Explain Why Most People Lose To The Market

  — November 7, 2016

  A University of Michigan Study found that between 1969 and 1993 the market’s top 90 trading days accounted for 95% of the gains in stocks over this time. In other […]

  Continue Reading ...

• Don’t Be Afraid of All-Time Highs in the Stock Market

  — November 3, 2016

  With all the uncertainty in the markets right now, and the S&P 500 still within 5% of an all time high, many investors naturally think it’s a great time to […]

  Continue Reading ...

• How Investors Fool Themselves

  — February 21, 2017

  Everyone wants investments that outperform the market at all times, while also offering below average risk and volatility. Unfortunately these things aren’t always possible, but investors still manage to fool […]

  Continue Reading ...

• Ponzi Schemes & Ego

  — January 6, 2017

  One of the biggest risks in investing is thinking you are too smart to make a mistake. That kind of excessive ego and hubris has led to the downfall of […]

  Continue Reading ...

• Rationally Irrational

  — December 28, 2016

  Long-term investing success requires two things: quality companies, and buying at fair or undervalued prices. Yet, despite these simple truths irrational investor behavior remains the biggest impediment to achieving one’s […]

  Continue Reading ...

• Making Sense When There is No Sense to be Made

  — December 12, 2016

  Learn the biggest reason that it’s so hard to be a successful investor. More importantly, find out what you can do to overcome this limitation, which we all have, to […]

  Continue Reading ...

• How Investors Develop Bad Habits

  — November 8, 2016

  One of the hardest things for investors to grasp is that even the best long-term advice might not work in the short-term. Find out why 3 key principles of successful […]

  Continue Reading ...

• Some Things That Haven’t Been Around Very Long

  — November 6, 2016

  It’s human nature to take things for granted. Find out about three important relatively recent developments that consumers don’t appreciate, and more importantly, how you can be more adaptable to […]

  Continue Reading ...

• The Frog-in-a-Pot Theory of Investing

  — November 1, 2016

  The stock market has proved that it is ruled by irrational humans, who take price movements to the extreme in both directions. Find out why this is, and more importantly […]

  Continue Reading ...