Last week, I discussed a key challenge in personal finance: that in a field where we would expect facts and logic to drive decisions, we instead find that misconceptions and misunderstandings often take hold. Last time, I outlined five common financial myths. Below are five more: “When a company [...]
Stories We Tell
In his book Narrative Economics, Yale economist Robert Shiller argues that storytelling has more of an impact on economic events than we might assume. In a domain that seems like it ought to be driven by facts and data, stories often take on a life of their own. Many stock market bubbles—and [...]
Is it time to buy gold?
Gold reached a new high this week, crossing above $2,200 for the first time. Year-to-date, gold is up 8%, and since the end of 2021 it’s gained more than 20%, topping the S&P 500. This raises two questions: Can we expect this rally to continue? And does gold deserve a place in your [...]
The five seasons
In his book Just Keep Buying, Nick Maggiulli makes an observation about the world of personal finance: If you Google common questions such as “How much should I save?” you’ll receive more than 100,000 results. It’s an overwhelming amount of information—almost too much to be useful. But there’s a [...]
New thinking
Among the quotes attributed to Mark Twain is this one: “It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so.” This highlights one of the challenges of personal finance: that the data and the conclusions we rely on for decision-making can never [...]
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