Improving Investor Behavior: The Peloton and tiramisu
If you're like me, you exercise a lot. Maybe not every day, but you try to hit the gym most days. You sweat, you grunt, you grind it out, every...
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Improving Investor Behavior: The flaw of average inflation
Imagine you鈥檙e a quarterback passing the ball to an open receiver. The first throw sails five yards past. The next play, you throw it five yards short. Most people would...
Improving Investor Behavior: Show me where it hurts
As we embark on a new year, I want to begin with some salient data points: America's GDP is at a record high of $23 trillion. The S&P 500 is...
Improving Investor Behavior: Building durability into your plan and portfolio
Never invest in anything that can kill you. Now I don't mean cigarettes or other harmful items, but instead making the mistake of investing so much of your capital into...
Improving Investor Behavior: A mentality of abundance, not excess
We've often said time is our most precious resource. More valuable than money, more fleeting than possessions, nothing can be done to stop the spending of our time. But like...
Improving Investor Behavior: Feeling confident? Are you sure?
I鈥檝e contributed to the Denver Post monthly for a while now, and I鈥檓 grateful for readers who have reached out to me with thoughts, comments, and questions. Some about my...
Improving Investor Behavior: How do you measure your wealth?
How do you measure your wealth? Most people assume there are two typical ways. The first is a simple money calculation that takes everything you own, subtracts everything you owe,...
Improving Investor Behavior: Rising dividends, the ultimate inflation fighter
Two things should matter to retirees and near-retirees: income from investments, businesses, or social security, and how far that income goes to purchase goods and services. Taken in tandem, these...
Improving Investor Behavior: Deciding on enough!聽
At a party given by a billionaire on Shelter Island, the late Kurt Vonnegut informed his friend, author Joseph Heller, that their host, a hedge fund manager, had made more...
Improving Investor Behavior: Where are all the good investments? 聽
Read any financial website, and you'll find a common thread among the headlines: The market is overvalued. By several historical measures, the stock market appears to be ahead of itself....