by Stoffel | Jun 19, 2025 | ETF, Investing
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...
by Stoffel | Jun 12, 2025 | ETF, Investing, Risk Premia
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...
by Stoffel | Jun 5, 2025 | Investing, Risk Premia
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...
by Stoffel | May 22, 2025 | Biases, Decision Making, Investing
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...
by Stoffel | May 15, 2025 | Investing, Portfolio Management
“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,...
by Stoffel | May 1, 2025 | Biases, Decision Making, Investing
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...
