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10 Biggest Ideas in “How NOT to Invest”

The Big Picture

This is as true for professionals as it is for amateurs; it’s also true in music, film, sports, television, and economic and market forecasting. Economic Innumeracy : Some individuals experience math anxiety, but it only takes a bit of insight to navigate the many ways numbers can mislead us. Bad Numbers : 4.

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Q&A: Your Money Map

The Big Picture

Compounding, Denominator Blindness, Survivorship Bias all affect our abilities to make good decisions about the future when even basic math is involved. Tune Out the Noise told investors to not get to distracted from their plan; I never want to be sanguine or blase about the volatility. What are some examples of bad numbers?

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How Different Monte Carlo Models Perform In The Real World: Assessing Quality Of Predictiveness In Retirement Income Forecasting Models

Nerd's Eye View

When planning for retirement, it’s effectively impossible to precisely forecast the performance and timing of future investment returns, which in turn makes it challenging to accurately predict a plan’s success or failure.

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Avoid the Unforced Investment Errors Even Billionaires Make

The Big Picture

It doesnt matter if it is Nvidia, Bitcoin, founders stock, or an employee stock option purchase plan (ESOP), sometimes the sheer size of a windfall is paralyzing. This was impossible, and I said so: Either you guys are either going to win the Nobel prize in economics or go to jail. There is nothing in between. (I

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At The Money: Behavior Beats Intelligence

The Big Picture

Morgan Housel Finance types tend to focus on attributes like intelligence, math skills and computer programming. You can know everything about math and data and markets, but if you don’t control your sense of greed and fear and you’re managing uncertainty in your behavior, none of it matters. None of it matters.

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15 Recession-Proof Businesses That Thrive in Any Economy

Clever Girl Finance

Recession-proof businesses are more than just smart, they’re essential when economic uncertainty hits. Financial planning services 12. Content related to challenging financial times Final thoughts: Start building a recession-proof business today Recession-proof businesses can thrive despite an economic downturn.

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Hold Cash or Invest? History Shows Cash Isn’t King for Long

Darrow Wealth Management

But before proclaiming cash is king and parking your money in an FDIC insured bank account, consider your time frame and how you plan to use the money. Again just using simple math, this presumes the par value will roll over each month and reinvest at the same rate to get to the annual yield. Hold cash or invest? 467% a month.

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