The Irrelevant Investor

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Every time there is an article about buy and hold investing, somebody inevitably is in the comment section with "now show Japan." This is often used as the knee-jerk response to people like myself, who believe that buying and holding should be the default setting for most people with most of their money. Japan experienced one of the most spectacular stock market bubbles of all time.

Risk Management

Brown Advisory

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Private Credit: A Surprisingly All-Weather Asset Class. ajackson. Thu, 11/08/2018 - 09:35. Private credit has experienced a post-recession boom, but with rates rising steadily and default risk possibly increasing as well, some view the asset class with caution. We think differently about private credit. We believe that the “big tent” of private credit has something to offer investors at nearly all phases of the credit cycle.

Assets

The Irrelevant Investor

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

On this week's Animal Spirits, we discuss: How close are we to the next bear market? Midterm election years Tech CEOs lost money Bonds for the long run 3 in 10 Americans consider themselves financially healthy (survey) Headline mismatch How much money should you charge? Berkshire's getting into FinTech More student loan talk.This guy literally moved to a jungle to avoid his student-loan debt Social media sucks for a lot of teenagers Listen here Charts mentioned Recommendations Our spirit animal

Media

The Irrelevant Investor

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

I was eating a bagel this weekend when my wife said to me, "I can't believe you like their tuna, it's really fishy." I hadn't noticed, but she was right, it was fishy. I hate fish. I'll have tuna on a bagel, but would never order tuna in a restaurant. The reason why I suffer from taste bud dissonance is pretty simple, I've had tuna fish on a bagel since I was a child.

Investments

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Accounting

The Irrelevant Investor

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Larry Page and Sergey Brin are are largely responsible for the fact that most noobwhale investors stumble across value investing early on in their journey. If you Google " best investing books ," The Intelligent Investor is right at the top of the list. What jumps right off the cover is a quote from Warren Buffett- "By far the best book on investing ever written.

Asset Allocation

The Irrelevant Investor

NOVEMBER 4, 2018

Articles How can we determine what is skill and what is luck when there are so many close calls? By Corey Hoffstein When you consistently hold a large majority of your entire portfolio in cash all it does is add pressure to the timing of your buy and sell decisions By Ben Carlson A lot of decisions are statistically wrong but intuitively right for the person making them.

Portfolio