James Clear, in his bestselling book Atomic Habits, provides a thought-provoking illustration: Suppose a plane takes off from Los Angeles on its way to New York. But, after taking off, the pilot turns the nose of the plane by an almost imperceptible 89 inches. Where will the plane end up? The [...]
Looking back, looking forward
I hope you are enjoying the holidays and looking forward to the new year. But before we turn the page on 2018, I thought I would recap some of the topics that were of most interest to readers this year: The market Warren Buffett once compared the stock market to an unstable, irrational [...]
Picture perfect
Pablo Picasso was one of the most influential, prolific and financially successful artists of the twentieth century. Yet, if you had visited his studio at the peak of his career, you might have guessed otherwise. In short, it was a mess, and his work schedule was, at best, leisurely. On a normal [...]
Another Rorschach test
As you may have seen, the stock market took investors on a wild ride this week. On Wednesday the Dow dropped more than 800 points, on Thursday it lost another 546 points and today it swung back and forth between positive and negative before closing about 1 percent higher. At times like this I'm [...]
A popular investment worth avoiding
Albert Einstein once said, “Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler." When it comes to investing, I have always believed that the simplest approach is the best approach. But, in recent years, a new type of investment has, I believe, crossed over into the “too simple” [...]
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