Q4 2019 market review
First off: Happy New Year to all the readers of my blog! I am sure that most investors will have enjoyed the equity market performance in...
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- Oct 4, 2019
- 3 min
Fear vs Rationality: Becoming a better investor (Part 2)
So you have made a firm commitment to become a better investor and to not be ruled by FOMO, greed and fear anymore (see previous post)?...
Marc
- Jul 29, 2019
- 1 min
Q2 2019 market review
Most investors will have enjoyed the performance of most markets during the second quarter of 2019. As usual, the reader is reminded that...
Marc
- Apr 9, 2019
- 4 min
Déjà Vu All Over Again
Investment fads are nothing new. When selecting strategies for their portfolios, investors are often tempted to seek out the latest and...
Marc
- Jan 8, 2019
- 1 min
Ouch, what a quarter!
Are you feeling stung by the markets? Well, it turns out that - while the past quarter certainly tested the resolve and the stomach of...
Marc
- Jan 3, 2019
- 4 min
Why Should You Diversify?
As we enter the new year 2019, and with US stocks having outperformed non-US stocks in recent years albeit the most recent market tremors...
Marc
- Dec 13, 2018
- 1 min
Worried about Stock Market Volatility? Read this....
After a spike in volatility in Q1 2018, markets had been benign until the beginning of October 2018. But investors' collective nerves...
Marc
- Apr 14, 2018
- 1 min
Tuning out the noise: The benefits of a disciplined investment approach
Academic research has unearthed time and again that a disciplined investment approach is the key to investor success. How do you instill...
Marc
- Mar 5, 2018
- 4 min
What should you make of the most recent Q1 2018 Market Volatility?
After a period of relative calm in the markets, in recent days the increase in volatility in the stock market has resulted in renewed...
Marc
- Nov 29, 2017
- 4 min
Financial Experts and their inflated Egos
Most readers will have noticed that a branch of Economics called “Behavioural Economics” entered the realm of scientific research in the...
Marc
- Oct 25, 2017
- 4 min
Do Investment Costs Matter? You betcha!
Costs do matter! A lot! Whether you’re buying a car or selecting an investment strategy, the costs you expect to pay should always be an...
Marc
- Sep 6, 2017
- 3 min
Scientific Investing IV: Putting it all together
If we put all of the insights from the last three “Scientific Investing” blog posts together, the reader arrives at a point of...
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