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Monday Morning Motivation – Excuses
Are you ready to stop making excuses?
Read MoreNo More Chasing Returns–Why I am a Global Investor
If you look at the numbers, US equities have done incredibly well over the past decade. Comparatively, international developed equities have NOT done nearly as well. As a result, you will see many in the financial services space over-weighting (compared to their historical holdings) the US equities.
Read MoreMonday Morning Motivation – Facing
Are you facing the reality in your life?
Read MoreOne Commonsense Insight That Can Improve Your Investment Returns
Approach investing by using theories that are backed up by the data AND have a good common-sense/intuitive explanation. One theory that has both is this: Invest in companies that have a track record of producing profitable results.
Read MoreMonday Morning Motivation – Silver Bullets
Would you be better off putting aside your search for silver bullets and doing the work?
Read MoreAre You Using Your Head When It Comes to Investing?
When it comes to investing, we often struggle with using our mind versus our heart/emotions. The result is often catastrophic when we fall into this trap. To be effective investors, we need to do two things.
Read MoreMonday Morning Motivation – Disciplined
Do you have routines, motivations, and accountability partners in place to ensure that you remain disciplined?
Read MoreTo Bit or Not to Bit – What Should Investors Make of Bitcoin Mania?
Bitcoin has been established as a new currency. And I freely concede that you can use it to conduct commerce at this point in time. However, I am unconvinced that it will be viable in the long term. Furthermore, the volatility associated with it is mind boggling.
Read MoreMonday Morning Motivation – Gratification
Are you willing to delay gratification to receive the blessings that are likely to come by doing so?
Read MoreWhen Rates Go Up, Do Stocks Go Down?
After a rocky few weeks, stock prices have settled down; HOWEVER, you can always count on the media to raise some new crisis to get investors riled up.
I am quite confident that sometime in the next few months you will hear one of the talking heads on one of the cable networks opine that the stock market is at risk.
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