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,…
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Bitcoin’s Crazy Train
"I'm going off the rails of the crazy train." - Ozzy Osbourne Bitcoin (BTC) started as an obscure experiment. The polarizing digital asset has barreled its way through bubbles, regulatory hurdles, and bouts of extreme volatility to emerge as a...
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The Dog That Didn’t Bark
“Far more money has been lost by investors preparing for corrections, or trying to anticipate corrections, than has been lost in corrections themselves.” – Peter…
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Bear Market Feedback is Gold
“Investors’ mental models tend to be simple, based on recent history, an extrapolation of trends, and an overreliance on frameworks that worked recently.” – Dan…
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4576 Weeks to Live
“Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You…
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The World’s Worst Investor
“Humans have something weird in their DNA which prohibits them from adopting good ideas easily.” – William Green, Richer, Wiser, Happier Sally is a nervous…
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A Simple Case for Gold and Bitcoin
“The debt is not going to be balanced. The annual deficit seems to be getting worse and worse. And if the dollar is going to…
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Recession Signals that are Flashing Red
“There are decades when nothing happens, and weeks when decades happen.” – Uday Kotak, founder of Kotak Mahindra Bank The gap between how people are…
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Turn Off the TV
“Our obsession with being informed makes it hard to think long-term. We spend hours consuming news because we want to be informed. The problem is,…
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Pure Portfolios’ April 2025 Market Commentary
Markets declined by ~13% in April before recovering to end the month nearly flat. This marked one of the largest intra-month reversals in market history….
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