The issue that afflicts many traders is the belief that they should discover something no one else has. It is thought that trading is a treasure hunt where you by dent of your analysis find some corner of value that is yet to be uncovered by the rest of the investing community. You then invest…
If I were to classify trading I would not say it is a financial endevour but rather one that combines the skills of information management and psychology. Markets are awash with data of varying quality and all of this information has an impact upon our decision making but only after the information has passed through…
Last week, Louise interviewed Jackson Millan on the Talking Trading show. He’s known as ‘The Wealth Mentor’, and I have exciting news. He’s presenting on the GoldCoast on Oct 16th. You’re going to want to hear more about this, that’s for sure. Unlock Your Passive Income Potential: Join the Financial Freedom Summit 2024 Are you…
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A vast array of cognitive biases hamstring trader performance a quick look at any list of these afflictions will offer up the following – Confirmation Bias Hindsight Bias Narrative Fallacy (my favourite) Anchoring Bias Loss Aversion Attribution Bias Overconfidence Bias But if I were to isolate one in particular, it would be overconfidence. The interesting…
As traders, we all know the value of having a reliable system in place—something that takes the guesswork out of the equation and sets us up for consistent success. The same is true in sales. If you’re in sales, or have your own business – or even if you want to be more effective networking,…
In his book on the concept of ergodicity, Luca Dellanna writes of his cousin who was a highly talented skier in his youth, but had a potential future in the sport cut short by a succession of injuries.[i] The lesson that Dellanna draws from this is that it is not the fastest skier that wins the…
An ambitious portfolio manager stumbles upon a perfect graph. It outlines eye watering profits. But something doesn’t quite add up – could this graph be accurate? Or does it hide a far more sinister truth?
The chart below from Vanguard has been doing the rounds with people trumpeting that locally listed shares outperform listed property trusts. Based on the data presented, this is true, but some have extended it to mean that locally listed shares outperform all property investments. This is not what the chart says—the chart refers to listed…
I’m seeing it everywhere. People who have worked their entire careers, realising that they’re going to have to KEEP WORKING because the economy has gone to the crapper. Fear, knee-jerk decisions, and missteps. And I’ll tell you why – you’re trying to live on a salary from 2011 when the prices are from 2024! …
The snip below is of last night’s trading in the US along with a headline. As you can see there is a little bit of handwringing going on. The onset of September has caused a variation of the following graph of monthly returns on the S&P500 to appear on various platforms. It shows that contrary…
Trading could not be considered an easy profession to master but once you do the rewards make the effort worthwhile. But before you begin your trading journey you need to know why you are doing so. Recently I was asked again – why trade? This is my answer.
For a reason best known only to the divine I continue to get spam from Motley Fool. I shouldn’t complain as the entertainment value it provides is high as is the motivational value. If ever I worry about the competition I open up one of their previous emails and giggle. Feeling refreshed I start the…
As you can tell the world did not end. As such it is worth looking at the recovery week and seeing what we can glean from last week’s trading.
In my recent Ten Minutes with Tate video that looked at the bed-wetting that accompanied markets moving to new all-time highs, I reflected on the fact that markets always warn you when they are about to fall over and I touched on what a healthy market looks like. In addition to this, I have often…
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