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When Emotions Get the "Worst" of Us
Dan Ariely is the James B. Duke Professor of Behavioral Economics at Duke University and author of the New York Times bestseller Predictably Irrational. And to my delight, one fortunate night last year, he was a friend who just happened … Continue reading
Two Wrongs Don’t Make a Right – Pension Insurance
Pension insurer shifted to stocks – The Boston GlobePosted using ShareThis The article above gives me a pit in my stomach on a number of levels, but one in particular. I think most people would get sick thinking of the … Continue reading
Warren Buffett Op-Ed: Buy American. I Am.
Justin here. Warren Buffett wrote a great Op-Ed piece for the New York Times this morning. Well worth your next five minutes. Buy American. I Am. By WARREN E. BUFFETT Omaha THE financial world is a mess, both in the … Continue reading
Days till we reach zero
On more down days than I’d like to admit, my team mates have heard me say, “At this rate, we’ll be down to zero in no time.” Now they’ve started saying it before I can get the very words out of … Continue reading
The Doctor is In
Ron Lieber knows value when he sees it. Not intrinsic value, but examination value. In his feature article in today’s New York Times, he says good financial advisors have the examination skills of an ace psychologist. I’ve heard financial advisors called lots of … Continue reading
Economics Haikus
Justin here. One of the blogs I have set up in my Google Reader is Freakonomics at the New York Times. They follow all the cardinal rules of blogging: short, funny, plenty of pictures, frequent but not too frequent posts. … Continue reading
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Fighting ShortTermism
Here’s a great little piece from the WSJ today, Don’t Give Up on That Fund – Not Yet. . . . the study, conducted by Baird Advisory Services Research, looked at more than 1,300 funds, defining “high performers” as those … Continue reading
The Golden Toilet
Justin here. Meir Statman once said that rational investors are investors who “always prefer more wealth to less and are indifferent as to whether a given increment to their wealth takes the form of cash payments or an increase in … Continue reading
The Golden Toilet
Justin here. Meir Statman once said that rational investors are investors who “always prefer more wealth to less and are indifferent as to whether a given increment to their wealth takes the form of cash payments or an increase in … Continue reading
. . . so, what are we doing?
Justin here. This is from our most recent market commentary, (here): One of our clients called, saying he had a question: “I’m just curious as to what you are doing to insure that I won’t lose a lifetime of savings?” … Continue reading →