The dangers of investing everything in growth companies, plus the rest of the week’s good reads.
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Good reads from around the Web. Lots of amateur investors daydream about being the next great stock picker – a contrary-minded Buffett for the 21st Century. But very few people are wired right (or perhaps that should be wired wrong…) For most, being a contrarian investor gets no further than reading a magazine article about being [...]
Good reads from around the Web. I know someone looking to buy a flat in London who was astonished last week to find his low-ball opening gambit treated with some reverence. Earlier this year our mild-mannered friends had recounted harrowing tales of being transformed into bare-toothed gazumpers by those insidious ‘open house’ days, which were [...]
The stock market has fallen, but should you care? Plus the rest of the week’s good reads.
The mathematics of bad luck, the paucity of US property returns, and the rest of the week’s good reads.
Whatever happened to this experiment to replace traders with rodents? Plus the rest of the week’s good reads.
Something has to give in the crazy UK property market. Plus the rest of the week’s good reads.
As I write, the future of Scotland and the rest of the UK hangs in the balance. And doesn’t the market know it…
A rant against rants against passive investing, plus worthwhile reads from around the web.
A fairy tale about the stock market that’s as real as what is generally reported, plus the rest of the week’s good reads.
Good reads from around the Web. One of the many reasons I despair of the average private investor is because of their ridiculous attitude towards short-selling (that is, betting that a share will fall in value). There’s a limited argument that can be made against short-selling in banks at times of financial crisis, because of [...]
Sometimes the stock market does really badly for decades. Don’t let it get you down! Plus the rest of the week’s good reads.
Are you crazy enough to want to be a great investor? Plus the rest of the week’s good reads.
Draw the curtains, put your feet in a bucket of cold water, and enjoy a few good reads.