by Stoffel | Sep 20, 2024 | Decision Making, Investing
Investing in the stock market can be an exciting and daunting task. One of the most debated strategies within the world of investing is market timing – an approach where investors try to predict future market movements in order to buy before prices rise and sell...
by Stoffel | Sep 20, 2024 | Biases, Decision Making
This post on biases is structured into 3 parts: Part 1: Understanding Biases and Their Impact on Decision-Making Part 2: Individual Biases That Lead to Bad Financial Decisions Part 3: How Biases Influence Financial and Investment Decisions Part 1: Understanding...
by Stoffel | Sep 11, 2024 | ETF, Investing, Risk Premia
If Investors want to earn expected returns higher than the riskless rate, the most reliable way is to bear risks that markets reward with a premium. A less reliable way is to pursue active management, in which successful investors (skillful or lucky) reap gains at the...
by Stoffel | Sep 10, 2024 | Investing
I was lucky! Very lucky! The first chapter of my investment journey ended with a portfolio loss of 70%. Why was I lucky? Because that was the moment I learned my most important lesson in investing. But let me start at the beginning. I became interested in stock...