Not a Typical Bank Failure
"This isn't just one stupid bank making bad decisions. This is a real economic problem where the clients at Silicon Valley Bank were...
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Nik Schuurmans, CFA
- Mar 9
- 2 min
The Biggest Heist No One is Talking About
“Banks do not create money for the public good. They are businesses owned by shareholders. Their purpose is to make a profit.” - John...
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Nik Schuurmans, CFA
- Mar 2
- 1 min
Pure Portfolios' 2023 February Market Commentary
"The main purpose of the stock market is to make fools of as many people as possible." - Bernard Baruch, American financier Pure...
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Nik Schuurmans, CFA
- Feb 22
- 3 min
Retirees: More is the Enemy of Enough
"Don't risk what you have and need for what you don't have and don't need." - Warren Buffett There's a group of Twitter overachievers...
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Nik Schuurmans, CFA
- Feb 16
- 3 min
Assets That Could Hold Up During a Recession
"Fear, greed and hope have destroyed more portfolio value than any recession or depression we have ever been through." - James...
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Nik Schuurmans, CFA
- Feb 9
- 4 min
Six Lessons from 2022
"I have civilized my own subjects; I have conquered other nations; yet I have not been able to civilize or conquer myself." - Peter the...
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Nik Schuurmans, CFA
- Feb 2
- 1 min
Pure Portfolios' January 2023 Market Commentary
"In investing, what is comfortable is rarely profitable." - Robert Arnott, Research Affiliates Pure Portfolios' Chief Investment Officer,...
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Nik Schuurmans, CFA
- Jan 26
- 2 min
U.S. Debt Ceiling Fiasco: Big Risk or Big Nothing?
"Playing political football with a vote to raise the nation's debt ceiling has become as predictable as a Twitter rant from Charlie...
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Nik Schuurmans, CFA
- Jan 19
- 2 min
The Perception of Risk
Quick question, which below stock market graph would you deem more risky? Graph A or B? Graph A Source: Koyfin, Pure Portfolios The above...
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Nik Schuurmans, CFA
- Jan 11
- 3 min
Pure Portfolios' 2022 Client Letter
2022 was the year of the opposite. Every market trend and economic reality we've known to be true the last ~12 years swung the other way....
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Nik Schuurmans, CFA
- Jan 5
- 2 min
Investment Themes by Decade
"Owning US tech was the trade of the last decade. Look forwards not backwards. That trade is over. What will be the one to take over?" -...
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Nik Schuurmans, CFA
- Dec 29, 2022
- 1 min
Pure Portfolios' December 2022 Market Commentary
"With every investment we become richer or wiser, never both." - Bill Duhamel, investor Pure Portfolios' Chief Investment Officer, Nik...
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Nik Schuurmans, CFA
- Dec 21, 2022
- 7 min
Pure Portfolios' 2022 Reading List
"Reading a book isn't a race - the better the book, the slower it should be absorbed." - Naval Ravikant, author & investor I've asked the...
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Nik Schuurmans, CFA
- Dec 15, 2022
- 2 min
Santa Claus Rally, Fact or Fiction?
"The real rally could come not from Santa Claus, but from Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, who will decide how much longer to hike...
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Nik Schuurmans, CFA
- Dec 8, 2022
- 3 min
Tis the Season for Wall Street Forecasting Pt. VI
"There are two kinds of forecasters: those who don't know, and those who don't know they don't know." - John Kenneth Balbraith, economist...
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Nik Schuurmans, CFA
- Dec 1, 2022
- 1 min
Pure Portfolios' November 2022 Market Commentary
"As crisis is comprised of danger and opportunity, those who sense change in the early stages will tend to have the most bountiful...
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Nik Schuurmans, CFA
- Nov 23, 2022
- 2 min
Top 5 Pure Portfolios' Blogs: Turkey Edition
"Thanksgiving is a joyous invitation to shower the world with love and gratitude." - Amy Leigh Mercree We take a break from our regular...
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Nik Schuurmans, CFA
- Nov 16, 2022
- 4 min
Avoiding the Extremes
“You should obsess over risks that do permanent damage & care little about risks that do temporary harm, but the opposite is more...
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Nik Schuurmans, CFA
- Nov 10, 2022
- 2 min
Mid-Terms and Markets
"Historically, investors overestimate the impact of political parties, Presidents, and legislation. Even if one was to correctly forecast...
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Nik Schuurmans, CFA
- Nov 3, 2022
- 2 min
When the Fed Pivots
"History never repeats itself, but it does often rhyme." - Mark Twain There have been 85 cycles where the Fed has increased interest...
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