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...

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)?...

Most investors will have enjoyed the performance of most markets during the second quarter of 2019. As usual, the reader is reminded that...

Investment fads are nothing new. When selecting strategies for their portfolios, investors are often tempted to seek out the latest and...

Are you feeling stung by the markets? Well, it turns out that - while the past quarter certainly tested the resolve and the stomach of...

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...

After a spike in volatility in Q1 2018, markets had been benign until the beginning of October 2018. But investors' collective nerves...

Academic research has unearthed time and again that a disciplined investment approach is the key to investor success. How do you instill...

After a period of relative calm in the markets, in recent days the increase in volatility in the stock market has resulted in renewed...

Most readers will have noticed that a branch of Economics called “Behavioural Economics” entered the realm of scientific research in the...

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...

If we put all of the insights from the last three “Scientific Investing” blog posts together, the reader arrives at a point of...