What caught my eye this week.
I enjoyed the following comprehensive map of all the biases we face when using our brains. (Click through for a high-resolution version, the link is at the top of the page you’re taken to).
It’s pretty clear that to err is human. And pretty amusing to remember all the economics text books – and the odd Nobel prize – premised on the notion that we make perfectly rational choices.
Have a great weekend!
From Monevator
The latest Slow and Steady Passive Portfolio update – Monevator [2]
From the archive-ator: The bohemian investor – Monevator [3]
News
Note: Some links are Google search results – in PC/desktop view these enable you to click through to read the piece without being a paid subscriber.1 [4]
Markets and assets across the world are at record highs – Bloomberg [5]
The millennials making a living from live-streaming – Guardian [6]
Energy price cap will not take effect this winter, says industry – Guardian [7]
London property market ‘won’t bounce back until 2021’ – Telegraph [8]
Affordable homes in south-east England should cost £250,000 or less, says study – Guardian [9]
FCA urged to launch full probe into pension transfer advice [Search result] – FT [10]
UK car sales slide for a sixth month amid falling consumer confidence – Guardian [11]
The new £10 that sold for £7,200 – ThisIsMoney [12]
The three ages of tax and welfare [Search result] – FT [13]
Products and services
Battle of the Banks! First Direct and Halifax offer £125 to switchers – ThisIsMoney [14]
New HSBC app will show all your accounts in one place – Guardian [15]
The cashback credit cards that are still worth having – ThisIsMoney [16]
A quick history of the FTSE 250 – ThisIsMoney [17]
Comment and opinion
Would you accept a five-year lock-up on your index funds for an extra 1%? – Morgan Housel [18]
Financial news media doesn’t rhyme but it does repeat – A Wealth of Common Sense [19]
European active funds lag the market, just like US ones – Morningstar [20]
Why are European stocks chronically cheaper than US ones? – The Reformed Broker [21]
Art buyers find few investment masterpieces [Search result, detailed] – FT [22]
The companies behind AIM’s incredible rally – Interactive Investor [23]
What it’s like to buy a house without a mortgage – Simple Living in Somerset [24]
Merryn: Active fund managers start to fight back [Search result] – FT [25]
How various return factors have done in 2017 so far – Factor Research [26]
The September to remember – Investing Caffeine [27]
The Brexit fallacy – Evening Standard [28]
Don’t rely on the Bank of Mum and Dad [Search result, lots of ideas] – FT [29]
Fighting evil with index funds [Podcast, skip first segment unless Canadian] – Canadian Couch Potato [30]
Off our beat
Don’t eat like Warren Buffett… [An experiment] – Business Insider [31]
…but eating like Elon Musk is okay [From 2016] – Business Insider [32]
And finally…
“The unconventional, but inescapable, conclusion to be drawn from the past fifty years is that it has been far safer to invest in a diversified collection of American businesses than to invest in securities – Treasuries, for example – whose values have been tied to American currency.”
– Warren Buffett, Letters to Shareholders 1965-2016 [33]
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