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The Benefits of…Envelopes #mentalaccounting
Contrary to much conventional finance literature - it seems to work in practice.
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High Frequency Trading: To Blow Your Mind
When it comes to share prices, one thing that has always bothered me is how influential one trade can be on the market. I mean – we assume that the market is efficient enough that the last traded price is the “value” of the share in question. But that is all kinds of problematic. Example: […]
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Are Algorithms Breaking The Market?
For anyone that doesn’t already know this, the world of trading is now split between two types of trader: Humans; and Robots (AKA the algorithmic traders AKA algos). Robots…trade on new data at almost the speed of light. And “expect to reach those constraints in the next 18 months“. Back in 2010 when the guys at Chi-χ […]
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Your Biggest Asset (when you’re young)
Back in March, I wrote a post called “How To Feel Like A Million Bucks“. I re-read it yesterday, and I’ve decided that the post takes far too long to get to the main points. So I’m rinsing and refreshing it today. So I’m not officially a financial planner. At least, not here in South […]
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The One Rand Family: Part 1
South Africa has just finished National Savings Month – and authorised-financial-services-provider-terms-and-conditions-apply Sanlam sponsored a new web series: The One Rand Family. It. Is. Awesome. For the email subscribers, here are the first two episodes: Episode 1: Payday Episode 2: Counting the Cost Well worth the fifteen minutes or so of your time. If you don’t feel up to […]
read more“How Teens Can Become Millionaires”
There is an old article from 2010 that keeps making the rounds onto my facebook feed. It’s written by Dave at DaveRamsey.com, it’s called “How Teens Can Become Millionaires“, and the basic summary is this: Ben invests $2,000 per year between the ages of 19 and 26. Arthur invests $2,000 per year from the age […]
read more100% of Active Managers Can Underperform The Market
Almost every day, one or more of Moneyweb/Forbes/MarketWatch/Quartz/Business Insider crowd will publish an article about the Active vs Passive investment debate. It’s something that I’ve also written about a lot (here, here, here, here and here). But I do have something else to add. Here is a moneyweb article from this morning: “What’s the point of paying […]
read moreUnit Trusts Part 4: The Parts That People Tend To Forget
Pre-script: I’m reposting a series of posts from a few years back on Unit Trusts. There are four. This is the fourth. So to briefly recap, after spending a bit of time analysing your risk tolerance, you’ve decided on where you place yourself in the Unit Trust universe: Can’t Handle Any Kind Of Risk At […]
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