Sliding Doors: The Financial Sequel
Sound investing for the long term is not just about sticking to your chosen pathway. It also means staying off the ones that can derail your journey.
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Investors, Connecting the Dots
Human beings love stories. But this can lead us to imagine connections between events where none really exist. For investors, this can be a disaster.
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Investor Rocket Science
When the media raises the subject of beating the market, Warren Buffett’s name often comes up. So what does he say about smart investing?
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Future Testing
While the future is unknowable. And while we cannot prepare the future for our portfolios, we can still prepare our portfolios for the future.
The Golden Ticket
How do you approach wealth planning? Do you have hopes of finding the “golden ticket”, as they say? Are you approaching it much the same as others?
Long-Term Thinking: 1800-2013
Let’s go back in time and learn the history of long-term thinking and its impact on the financial world. Read more here.
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Many Happy Returns (Investors)
Investing is about what happens next. We don’t know what happens next. That’s why we diversify.
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The Vacationers’ Guide to Investing
Two colleagues went on vacation separately. One had a great time. The other had a miserable experience. Their respective stories provide valuable lessons, not just about taking a holiday, but
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Riding the Emerging Markets Tiger
While emerging market performances in recent times have not been stellar, it is important to remember that they are still playing a diversification benefit.
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Investing: Slow and Steady Wins the Race
Reliability and steadiness are essential to any career because these qualities are directly tied to long-term performance- much like financial planning
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Top drawer investment
An old adage about investment is that you buy a bunch of reliable stocks, stick them in your bottom drawer and forget about them. That ignores one pesky fact …
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Down the investment mineshaft
Diversification is essential because it reduces uncertainty, controls risk and increases the reliability of outcomes.
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Retirement Income Planning: Live Long and Layer
Australians are likely to live longer and could spend more than 30 years financially dependent on super, investments and the age pension.
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Taking stock of the equity market
Vanguard Australia posted this interview to their website at the beginning of the month. The content and clarity of the article make it a good read. Vanguard | 01 August 2013
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The Broccoli and Pizza Portfolio
It’s hard to give up on the idea that investment should be exciting. Picking stocks can be fun and there’s nothing like getting your timing right.
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