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Why Paying Attention to Interest Rates is Pointless for Investors
I am 99.9% certain that there are other financial advisors who will see this title and think I am absolutely nuts. They will opine, “Of course interest rates are important!”. Yeah, they are wrong. At least when it comes to using interest rates as a predictor on investment returns.
Monday Morning Motivation – Breaks
Are you making your own breaks and rejecting the concept of bad breaks?
No More Chasing Returns–Why I am a Global Investor
If you look at the numbers, US equities have done incredibly well over the past decade. Comparatively, international developed equities have NOT done nearly as well. As a result, you will see many in the financial services space over-weighting (compared to their historical holdings) the US equities.
One Commonsense Insight That Can Improve Your Investment Returns
Approach investing by using theories that are backed up by the data AND have a good common-sense/intuitive explanation. One theory that has both is this: Invest in companies that have a track record of producing profitable results.
Monday Morning Motivation – Silver Bullets
Would you be better off putting aside your search for silver bullets and doing the work?
Are You Using Your Head When It Comes to Investing?
When it comes to investing, we often struggle with using our mind versus our heart/emotions. The result is often catastrophic when we fall into this trap. To be effective investors, we need to do two things.