by Stoffel | Sep 4, 2025 | Investing, Risk Premia
Owning a Piece of the World’s Businesses: A Guide to Stocks If REITs let you own real estate without ever swinging a hammer, stocks let you do something even more remarkable: buy a piece of the world’s greatest businesses from multinational tech giants to a small...
by Stoffel | Aug 28, 2025 | Decision Making, Investing
Artificial intelligence (AI) tools like ChatGPT are no longer just for tech enthusiasts – they are now accessible to anyone with an internet connection. In theory, this “democratization” of AI could level the playing field in financial markets by giving retail...
by Stoffel | Aug 21, 2025 | Financial Literacy, Wealth
The allure of early retirement is powerful: freedom from the grind, autonomy over your time, and the chance to finally do everything your job never let you. But what really happens when you leave the rat race far earlier than most? Is early retirement the endless...
by Stoffel | Aug 14, 2025 | Investing, Wealth
First published in 2018, Mastering the Market Cycle: Getting the Odds on Your Side is Howard Marks’s meditation on why financial markets ebb and flow. Marks, the co‑founder of Oaktree Capital Management and a respected investment memo writer, argues that investors...
by Stoffel | Aug 7, 2025 | Financial Literacy
For most people, income is easy to track. Your salary gets deposited once or twice a month, and you can see the number in your bank account. But when it comes to expenses – the money going out – many of us are flying blind. It’s not uncommon to hear...