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Investing Behavioral Hacks

The Big Picture

Markets screamed higher yesterday after a benign CPI report showed a 0.0% It was a classic fear-driven error, a combination of bad market timing and poor impulse control. It was a classic fear-driven error, a combination of bad market timing and poor impulse control. Last, recognize that markets go up and down.

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Dollars Are For Spending & Investing, Not Saving

The Big Picture

“I need the US Dollar to be a store of value between the time I make it until I spend it, invest it, pay my taxes with it, or give it away. To be more precise, I want to discuss the type of chart that reflects a fundamental misunderstanding of the nature of money, currency, spending, investing, and taxes. It does that splendidly.”

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Wednesday links: larger market trends

Abnormal Returns

collabfund.com) Markets have to clear. owners can thank Todd Combs and Ted Weschler for the Apple ($AAPL) investment. Good luck identifying them. behaviouralinvestment.com) How to think about debt. fortunesandfrictions.com) Companies Berkshire Hathaway ($BRK.A) ft.com) How Elon Musk's decision can affect broader society.

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Research links: persistent investment factors

Abnormal Returns

advisorperspectives.com) A history of quant investing and the state of the factor zoo. aqr.com) Why it's so hard to make money betting against the stock market. advisorperspectives.com) Can you use alternative measures to invest across countries? Factors Timing returns factors is tempting, but difficult in practice.

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Redefining Wealth: Money Management, FinTech, Inclusion, and Belonging

Speaker: Marguerita Cheng - Chief Executive Officer at Blue Ocean Global Wealth

In today’s market, we have seen people make major career decisions and blindly dive into investing to make this goal more achievable. Creating generational wealth has moved to the forefront of everyone’s mind.

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10 Quotes That Shaped My Investment Philosophy

The Big Picture

Along those lines, here are in chronological order, the thinkers who have helped shape how I view the world view, including how I philosophically think about the economy, markets, and investing. 10 Quotes That Shaped My Investment Philosophy 1. Hence, whatever your views are about the economy, markets, your portfolio, etc.,

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The “Art” of Market Timing

The Big Picture

This weekend Jeff Sommer discussed a DFA research paper on market timing; both are well worth your time to read. The broad strokes are: Market timing is extremely difficult, very few people (if any) do it consistently well. Low Stakes : The most successful market timers are often those people who do not have actual assets at risk.

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