“The stock market is the story of cycles and of the human behaviour that is responsible for overreactions in both directions.” – Seth Klarman, CEO…
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The Plight of an All-Equity Investor
How to Drive your Retirement Portfolio into the Ground
“Invert, always invert.” – Charlie Munger, the Vice Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway and Warren Buffett’s partner. Long-term investing is boring. Markets take time, discipline is hard, and being patient isn’t exactly thrilling. It’s been said the human mind rejects ideas that...
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“A cycle like this does not end with a mere month-long correction. A real bear market is only over when no one is interested in…
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Bear Market Assessment: What We Got Right & Wrong
Lawrence Hamtil runs a wealth management firm in Overland, KS. He posted the above self-assessment on Twitter on his portfolio positioning prior to the COVID-19…
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Bear Market Blind Spots
“History reminds us the event that often derails financial markets is seldom the one investors saw coming.” – Pure Portfolios 2019 Year-end Commentary The past…
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The Market is Talking. Are You Listening?
“It’s OK to not have an opinion on topics you don’t know anything about. And I don’t know anything about coronaviruses. But I have a…
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What’s Your Process for Making Portfolio Changes?
“To get something done a committee should consist of no more than three people, two of whom are absent.” – Robert Copeland, U.S. Navy Admiral…
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Are Low Yields a Good Reason to Shun Bonds?
“I don’t get why anyone would buy a 10-year bond yielding 1.5%” – Former Colleague Low bond yields are the new normal. It’s enough to…
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Random $#%&
“No matter how sophisticated our choices, how good we are at dominating the odds, randomness will have the last word.” – Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Fooled…
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The Amazing Run of U.S. Tech Stocks
Friend: “I need to buy more QQQ.” Later that day, while on a call… “Tech stocks make me nervous. I fear a repeat of the…
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