by Stoffel | Apr 10, 2025 | Investing
Book Review: The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham Introduction First published in 1949 and updated several times since, The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham is widely regarded as the definitive guide to value investing. Graham, often called the father of...
by Stoffel | Apr 5, 2025 | Decision Making, Investing, Portfolio Management, Risk Premia
Don’t Panic: How Long-Term Investors Should Respond to Market Volatility Tariffs, Tumult, and Staying the Course: A Note to Long-Term Investors Markets are down. Headlines are loud. Uncertainty is abundant. But for long-term investors, this is not the time to panic....
by Stoffel | Apr 3, 2025 | Biases, Decision Making, Investing
Why Even a Crystal Ball Won’t Make You Rich Imagine having tomorrow’s news today. Would you use it to strike it rich in the markets? That’s the premise behind a fascinating experiment conducted by Victor Haghani, James White, and Jerry Bell, described in their article...
by Stoffel | Mar 27, 2025 | Biases, Decision Making, Investing, Leverage
Why Most Retail Investors Lose Money Most retail investors – everyday individuals trading stocks and other assets – end up losing money or underperforming the market. Various analyses worldwide confirm this trend. For example, regulators in Europe found that 74–89% of...
by Stoffel | Mar 6, 2025 | Investing, Risk Premia
Volatility and Returns: Why Long-Term Investors should Care When evaluating investments, most people focus on returns – how much something gained or lost in a given year. But what often goes unnoticed is the volatility of those returns, and how it quietly eats...
by Stoffel | Sep 23, 2024 | Investing, Leverage
Leverage in Investing: Boosting Returns and Managing Risk Leverage is a powerful tool in both investing and trading, allowing individuals and institutions to amplify their potential returns by borrowing money or using other financial instruments. When used wisely,...
