by Stoffel | Jul 24, 2025 | ETF, Investing
Introduction If you’re new to investing, placing an order might seem simple. Just click “buy” and you’re done. But once you peek under the hood of a brokerage platform like Interactive Brokers, you’ll discover a different reality: dozens and dozens of order...
by Stoffel | Jun 19, 2025 | ETF, Investing
Introduction 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,...
by Stoffel | Jun 12, 2025 | ETF, Investing, Risk Premia
Introduction 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...
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
Introduction Few books have had as profound an impact on the way we understand human behaviour, 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...
by Stoffel | May 15, 2025 | Investing, Portfolio Management
Introduction “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...
