The Most Important Thing(s)

My daughter is soon due to change schools and I recently spent an hour being shown around a potential destination for the next seven years of her education. As we were being told about how many lunch options there will be available each day, my mind started drifting off into the topic of decision making…

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Much Ado About Nothing

Every now and again graphics like the one below will pop up. They show either the NDX chart year to date, the top 10 stocks in the NDX year to date, or a combination of the day. Apparently, this is meant to represent some great form of moral hazard that we are being informed about…

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Should Investors Trust Their Gut?

Investors often talk about making a decision based on a feeling in their gut. Explaining how some form of unconscious intuition led them to the correct choice.  Although this is an appealing notion – particularly as people only seem to mention it following success – it can also be a dangerous one. Should investors really…

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