My Daily Routine, from Kickoff to Postgame
I am naturally quite disorganized. Early in my career, I learned that if I wanted to compete with others in a professional setting, I would need to address this glaring personality flaw. Thus began a lifelong effort to make sure my time and energy was devoted to what is most important to me.
Fare Thee Well, Long Blockchain
It is with a heavy heart that we acknowledge the delisting of Long Blockchain, a stock that quickly became the poster child for Blockchain Bubblemania.
On Driving in Italy
We've fallen into a sort of daily routine for our Spring Break in Sicily. Lazy morning at home, load the car up around 10:00, go exploring. Lunch on the fly and a bonus gelato stop when we need a morale boost. With very little English spoken, every step of this journey has been an adventure. However, the most hair-rising and invigorating challenge has been driving in Sicily.
The Universal Language of Charts
My family and I are on Spring Break this week in Sicily. We decided to go full immersion and rented a house in a small town outside of Palermo. We travelled via Munich and had a couple days there to explore before heading to Italy. As I had hoped and expected, we're learning so much about new people and places. At the same time, we're learning a great deal about ourselves as well as the universality of the human condition.
The Three Features of Technical Analysis
I was a guest speaker this week on MarketWatchers LIVE over at StockCharts.com. Tom Bowley and Erin Swenlin do a fantastic job breaking down the markets. Simple charts with powerful messages!
Awareness Does Not Equal Immunity
I've spoken often about behavioral biases and how to minimize their impact on your investment decisions. So if I'm so familiar with all of these biases, then I'm able to completely avoid them in my own investing, right? A recent interview with Professor Patricia Devine from the University of Wisconsin-Madison shows why the answer is a big "no."
Will the Real Permabull Please Stand Up?
Well, after one year of sharing many behavioral, technical and market insights through social media, it finally happened. I guess I knew this day would finally come, but it surprised me nonetheless. That's right, someone labelled me a "permabull".
Three Reasons That Markets Correct
With some healthy volatility returning to the markets, I've seen lots of commentaries speculating on the reasons for this correction. I thought it would be helpful to remind everyone that there are exactly three reasons why markets correct...
Nudges and Espresso
A funny thing happened this morning on the way to Starbucks. After dropping off my daughter Zoe at school, I drove my son Henry down the street toward our usual coffee shop. "Doppio espresso, that's what I want," I thought to myself as I looked happily at the gentle gray overhead...
Millennials and the Markets
According to Blackrock, apparently millennials are excited to be participating in the equity markets through exposure to ETFs...
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