Order Types Explained: A Practical Guide for Everyday Investors
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 types,...
How Exchange Traded Funds Work: The Mechanics
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,...
My First Risk Premia Portfolio: A Beginner’s Guide
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...
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...
Book Review: Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
Introduction 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...
Diversification vs. Concentration: Why You Shouldn’t Copy Buffett
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...
Loss Aversion: Why Losing Hurts More Than Winning Feels Good
Introduction 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...
Volatility Targeting: A Guide to Stabilizing Portfolio Risk
Introduction 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...
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...
Book Review: The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham
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...
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. In response to a new wave of global tariffs announced by the Trump...
Why Even a Crystal Ball Won’t Make You Rich
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...
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