2021 marks the five-year anniversary of Pure Portfolios (see The Story of Pure Portfolios). We are grateful for the client relationships we’ve built along the…
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Pure Portfolios’ 2021 Client Letter
Closest Thing to a Fat Pitch in Investing
“Interest rates go up and down, stock markets boom and bust, but human psychology never changes. I believe that studying how people think about and react to markets—and particularly studying the most common mistakes investors make—can give us an edge...
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“A fit body, a calm mind, a house full of love. These things cannot be bought — they must be earned.” – Naval Ravikant, entrepreneur…
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Tis the Season for Wall Street Forecasting Pt. V
“I am skeptical about stock market forecasting by anybody, and particularly by bankers.” Benjamin Graham, famous investor Historical evidence shows Wall Street makes predictions that…
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Sniffing All-Time Highs and Nobody is Happy
“We locked down the economy for 18 months, spent ~$14 trillion, and now my margarita costs 30% more.” – Cullen Roche, author & investor. We…
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What is the Right Stock Allocation for Retirees?
“The trouble with retirement is that you never get a day off.” – Abe Lemons, college basketball coach It’s a delicate balance every retiree faces….
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How to Reduce Capital Gains in your Portfolio
“A fine is a tax for doing something wrong. A tax is a fine for doing something right.” Anonymous You sold a large chunk of…
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Not All Indexing is Good
“When trillions of dollars are managed by Wall Streeters charging high fees, it will usually be the managers who reap outsized profits, not the clients.”…
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Worried About Inflation? You Might Own These Assets
“Inflation sparks heated debates because everyone spends their money differently so there’s no single inflation rate — your inflation may be very different than someone…
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When Was the Last Time you Changed your Mind?
“If I were tasked with building the ultimate human investor, being able to change one’s mind would be the number one skill on the list.”…
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