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Why things are better than you may think they are

Why things are better than you may think they are

I just finished reading a book titled Factfulness written by Hans Rosling, who spent the latter part of his life convincing audiences around the world that the world was in a much better place than what they thought. He used

mw@dmin April 21, 2022April 21, 2022 Market behaviour, Personal Finances Read more

Investing about understanding risks

Investing about understanding risks

Investing is not about avoiding risk. It is about understanding the risks and pricing the risk accordingly, which is why we refer to risk and return. The return must be commensurate with the risk taken. The trick is understanding risk.

mw@dmin February 17, 2022February 17, 2022 Investment Risk, Investment Strategies Read more

Proper Investor’s input is best  

Proper Investor’s input is best  

Harry Markowitz developed Modern Portfolio Theory, which theorized that investors could design a portfolio to maximize returns by accepting a quantifiable amount of risk.  In other words, investors could reduce risk by diversifying their assets and asset allocation of their investments using

mw@dmin January 14, 2021January 14, 2021 Investment Risk, Investment Strategies, Investor Behaviour Read more

Beware TINA!

Beware TINA!

The tile of this week’s article sounds more like a tropical storm warning than a warning to investors, which may be appropriate given that TINA can be just as devastating on your wealth as a category five hurricane when making

mw@dmin November 26, 2020November 26, 2020 Equities, Market Drivers Read more

Covid-19 causes K-shaped crisis

Covid-19 causes K-shaped crisis

The recent COVID-19 crisis should be a reminder that sh…t happens and the importance of stress testing your personal finances.  The shape of the recovery is best described by the letter K  with the upward sloping arm of the K

mw@dmin November 17, 2020November 17, 2020 Investment Risk, Investment Strategies, Market behaviour, Market Drivers Read more

The meaning of capitulation

The meaning of capitulation

The investment industry uses some very descriptive words in describing investor behaviour and one of these is capitulation, this is the point when investors throw in the towel. Throwing in the towel is boxing speak for give-up. Picture the towel

mw@dmin March 19, 2020March 19, 2020 Investment Risk, Investor Behaviour, Market behaviour, Market Drivers Read more

Investor behaviour risky

Investor behaviour risky

“Smart money” is used to describe institutional or professional investors, by default that makes the rest of us the “not so smart money”.   What seems to distinguish the “smart” from the “not so smart” is the degree of emotional influence

mw@dmin October 31, 2019October 31, 2019 Investment Risk, Investor Behaviour Read more

Don’t only trust your instincts

Don’t only trust your instincts

As a child I used to love playing monopoly, which I had not done for years, but the other day, while braaing with friends, I re-discovered my monopoly board and could not resist the temptation.   My friend Emil and I

mw@dmin May 2, 2019May 2, 2019 Investment Risk, Investment Strategies, Personal Finances Read more

Zookeeper in charge of feeding the tigers

Zookeeper in charge of feeding the tigers

What does your financial adviser do for you? According to Daniel Kahneman Nobel prize winner and author of “Thinking, Fast and Slow”, financial advisers are responsible for: “The anticipation, diagnosis, and the management of client discomfort and regret.” Kahneman &

mw@dmin February 21, 2019February 21, 2019 Investment Risk, Personal Finances Read more

My crystal ball predicts far better returns for the next five years

My crystal ball predicts far better returns for the next five years

As it turns out my crystal ball really works.   Unfortunately, I only realise that now after going through all my articles written in 2013 when I correctly predicted the lousy returns of the last 5 years.  Of course, nobody wanted

mw@dmin December 6, 2018December 6, 2018 Investor Behaviour, Market behaviour, Market Drivers Read more
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