How Exchange Traded Funds Work: The Mechanics
If you are like many beginner investors, you may already own or be thinking about buying an Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) like the Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (symbol: VTI) or the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (symbol: SPY) instead of buying individual stocks, bonds, or other...
My First Risk Premia Portfolio: A Beginner’s Guide
Last week, I explored risk premia and how they can help you build long-term wealth. If you have made it through that post, well done! Now, let’s make it practical. How do you actually get started? In this post I will explain the steps to take to actually get started...
Risk Premia Harvesting: Earning Rewards for Taking Market Risks
Risk Premia and Risk Premia Harvesting Previously, I published a first post on Risk Premia Harvesting. In this post we will delve deeper into this topic and further explore Risk Premia and Risk Premia Harvesting. Fair warning though: this is a very long and wordy...
Why Young People Are Financially Illiterate and What We Can Do About It
“Being financially literate is just as important as knowing how to read and write.”Annamaria Lusardi, Stanford University Financial literacy isn't a luxury; it's a life skill. Yet, the data shows that most young people today are woefully underprepared to manage...
Book Review: Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
Few books have had as profound an impact on the way we understand human behavior, especially in the context of decision-making, as Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman. Published in 2011 and based on decades of psychological research (including his work...
Diversification vs. Concentration: Why You Shouldn’t Copy Buffett
“Diversification is protection against ignorance.” Warren Buffett At the 2024 Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting, Warren Buffett officially announced he would step down as CEO, passing the torch to Vice-Chairman Greg Abel. After nearly 60 years of investing brilliance,...
Don’t Outsource Financial Literacy
Over the years I have spent investing and trading, I have observed something that holds true across every level of wealth and sophistication: the people who come out best are rarely the ones with the most capital, or the most complex portfolios. They are the ones who...
Loss Aversion: Why Losing Hurts More Than Winning Feels Good
Imagine losing $100. Now imagine finding $100. Which experience feels stronger? If you’re like most people, the pain of losing that money hits twice as hard as the pleasure of gaining it. This psychological phenomenon is known as loss aversion, one of the most...
Where Does Money Come From? (And Why It Doesn’t Grow on Trees)
A Note to Parents By now, your child understands how to save and spend, spot needs versus wants, and even make a mini budget. Now it’s time to talk about where money actually comes from - and why it doesn’t magically appear. This post introduces the concept of...
What Is a Budget? (For Kids!)
A Note to Parents Now that your child understands how to save and spend - and how to tell needs from wants - it's time to introduce another key financial skill: budgeting. Think of budgeting as a simple plan that shows kids how to use their money on purpose instead of...
Volatility Targeting: A Guide to Stabilizing Portfolio Risk
Volatility targeting is an investment strategy that aims to keep your portfolio’s volatility at a consistent, predetermined level over time. In this beginner-friendly guide, we’ll explain what volatility is and why it matters, how volatility targeting works (for...
The Downfall of Signa Holding and René Benko: Lessons for Retail Investors
René Benko and Signa Holding’s Meteoric Rise René Benko was once hailed as a real estate wunderkind. A high school dropout from Innsbruck, Austria, Benko began his career converting attic spaces into luxury apartments in the late 1990s. In 1999, he founded a small...
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