by Stoffel | Jun 11, 2026 | Biases, Investing
Most people believe they know their risk tolerance. They completed a questionnaire, answered questions about hypothetical market drops, chose a profile – conservative, moderate, aggressive – and moved on. The problem is that questionnaires measure what you think you...
by Stoffel | Jun 4, 2026 | Investing, Risk Premia
Paying a professional more to manage your money makes you statistically poorer. That is not a criticism of intelligence or effort. It is arithmetic; and the numbers, accumulated across decades and millions of investor accounts, are strikingly consistent. Most people...
by Stoffel | May 7, 2026 | Biases, Decision Making, Investing
In 1875, an Ohio farmer named Samuel Benner published a chart that claimed to predict the future of financial markets. It was based on the price cycles of cast-iron. One hundred and fifty years later, that same chart – the Benner Chart – still circulates on social...
by Stoffel | Apr 15, 2026 | Investing
On April 9, 2026, Howard Marks published “What’s Going on in Private Credit?” – a full-length memo on the state of the market. Marks is co-founder of Oaktree Capital Management, one of the world’s largest alternative investment managers,...
by Stoffel | Apr 2, 2026 | ETF, Investing, Portfolio Management, Risk Premia
Updated July 2026 So, you have gone through the checklist. You understand your goals. You know your time horizon. You have accepted that markets will go up…and down. You are ready. Now comes the harder part. Not intellectually, but behaviourally: What do you actually...
by Stoffel | Mar 26, 2026 | Investing
Updated July 2026 Opening a brokerage account is easy. Knowing what to do next is not. Anyone can download an app, upload an ID, and transfer money in minutes. That has never been the hard part. The hard part is knowing whether you are actually prepared to invest, and...
