Bear Markets Are a Test of Investor Emotions
In a bear market it can be impossible to escape the pervasive negativity. Not only will our portfolios be falling in value, but there is likely to be an incessant flow of news highlighting the harsh realities of the prevailing backdrop. Dealing with this is not just an uncomfortable experience, it changes how and why we…
Make Peace With Your Unlived Life
Tina was at a crossroads. Her daughter had recently left for college, and her husband had his own pursuits. And although she’d once enjoyed banking, she now bore little interest in her work. For some time, she had been asking herself whether she should quit. But what would her colleagues and bosses think of her?…
Clarke and Dawe – The Energy Market Explained
Funny how some things stand the test of time.
I’m No Expert But I Don’t think This Is Bullish
Week to date performance of the S&P500 components.
What Can Sherlock Holmes Teach Investors?
In the first full length Sherlock Holmes novel ‘A Study in Scarlet’ the brilliant detective’s sidekick, Watson, is staggered to discover that Holmes is apparently not aware that the earth revolves around the sun.[i] Watson cannot comprehend how an astonishingly intelligent individual can be ignorant of such basic facts. Holmes, however, explains that he actively disregards and forgets…
Dont Worry It Will Bounce
One of these things I have been hearing a lot lately during the current drawdown in equity prices is that you don’t want to sell because you will miss the inevitable bounce. Consider the chart of MSFT below – A close look tells you it took 16 years for MSFT to move beyond its 2000…
The Halo Effect: Bad Forecasts by Billionaires
This week, the real estate mogul and billionaire Sam Zell said, “There is a high probability that we are looking at a recession in the next 12 months.” The culprit, he told “Bloomberg Go,” was the strong dollar and slowing global trade, the beginnings of layoffs at multinational companies and a general lack of demand. The bears of…
Seven Varieties of Stupidity
“There are so many kinds of stupidity, and cleverness is one of the worst.” Thomas Mann. Many words have been expended on the nature of intelligence, while the topic of stupidity is comparatively neglected – even though it is all around us, screwing us up. That’s probably because we assume stupidity is just a lack…
