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Nik Schuurmans, CFA
- May 20
- 4 min
The Best Predictor of Stock Returns is Amazingly Simple
"The price of equity is determined in the same way that the price of everything is determined - via forces of supply and demand." Jesse...
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Nik Schuurmans, CFA
- May 13
- 4 min
The Biggest Risk to New Retirees
"Consider two degenerate gamblers flipping a quarter for $100 per flip. One of the gamblers has heads and the other has tails for the...
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Nik Schuurmans, CFA
- May 6
- 2 min
The Difference Between Amateur and Professional Investors
"Amateurs believe that the world should work the way they want it to. Professionals realize that they have to work with the world as they...
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Nik Schuurmans, CFA
- Apr 29
- 3 min
Higher Capital Gains Tax and Stock Returns
"You watch...taxes are going to go up and the market will tank." - I've been told this 5x in the past week. Well, that seems to be an...
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Nik Schuurmans, CFA
- Apr 22
- 3 min
What's in a Bear Market?
"I'm an optimist, both as a person and an investor. It's a big mistake to be pessimistic as long as we have a viable civilization which...
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Nik Schuurmans, CFA
- Apr 15
- 2 min
These Cats Need New Material
"This is the single worst time to be a passive investor since they started passive investments. The S&P 500 index is highly likely to not...
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Nik Schuurmans, CFA
- Apr 8
- 3 min
Spectacular Implosion
"How did you go bankrupt?" "Two ways. Gradually, then suddenly.” - Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises. It takes talent to lose $8...
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Nik Schuurmans, CFA
- Apr 1
- 3 min
The Identity Leak
"Keep your identity small." - Paul Graham, famous investor. I was an average high school basketball player. Good enough to get on the...
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- Mar 22
- 2 min
Not Buying What the Fed is Selling
The Fed was on autopilot. Its forward guidance made clear that market participants could set their watches to four interest rate hikes in...
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Nik Schuurmans, CFA
- Mar 18
- 3 min
The New Age Investor
“Behind the recent surge in retail investing is a younger, often new-to-investing, and aggressive cohort not afraid to employ leverage”...
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Nik Schuurmans, CFA
- Mar 11
- 4 min
Beating the Bubble Horse
"I'm just waiting for the bubble to pop." - Anonymous potential client Have you ever met the type that thinks everything is in a bubble?...
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Nik Schuurmans, CFA
- Mar 4
- 3 min
Perspective on Rising Bond Yields
The recent uptick in yields has the reignited the "bonds will get crushed" angry mob. "Bonds are dead." - Warren Buffett via CNBC We can...
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Nik Schuurmans, CFA
- Feb 25
- 4 min
Bitcoin, What Of It?
The root problem with conventional currency is all the trust that's required to make it work. The central bank must be trusted not to...
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Nik Schuurmans, CFA
- Feb 18
- 3 min
Investing at All-Time Highs
In the early years of the smartphone, it was quite common to carry a personal cell and a work cell. Eventually, we wised up at the...
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Nik Schuurmans, CFA
- Feb 11
- 4 min
Is the 4% Rule Dead?
Mental shortcuts or heuristics are used to make quick decisions, either because of time constraints or to simplify a complex problem. The...
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Nik Schuurmans, CFA
- Feb 4
- 4 min
Is Inflation Coming?
The health and wellness gurus will tell you that they meditate for two hours, exercise, and eat egg whites all before 6am. I check my...
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Nik Schuurmans, CFA
- Jan 28
- 4 min
Monte Carlo Analysis: Worthless or Worthwhile?
"Oh, Monte Carlo, I've done that. It's worthless!" "This simulation is the greatest thing ever!" "I don't know what I'm going to do. ...
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Nik Schuurmans, CFA
- Jan 21
- 4 min
Is your Portfolio Drunk or Sober?
"Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash." - George S. Patton Let's say I'm invited over to your house for dinner....
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Nik Schuurmans, CFA
- Jan 14
- 3 min
The Blue Wave and Stock Returns
"“We are beginning to see trends that people tend to fear what they are exposed to in the media. Many of the top 10 fears this year can...
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