“We have to practice defensive investing, since many of the outcomes are likely to go against us. It’s more important to ensure survival under negative…
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I Keep Coming Back to One Question
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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“We will all feel pain in the next recession or stock market drop, but what can we do now to mitigate the damage?” – Pure…
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Does Your ESG Approach Pass the Smell Test?
I was perusing my LinkedIn feed when a particular post caught my eye. For the record, I have no clue who Mark A. Smith is….
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Municipal Magic
“You can take advantage of pockets of opportunity in what people don’t want.” – Jeff Gundlach, DoubleLine CEO We’ve been fielding a decent number of…
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Waking up After a Yearlong Coma
“Every once in a while, the market does something so stupid it takes your breath away.” – Jim Cramer The date is April 29th, 2019….
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The Plight of an All-Equity Investor
“The stock market is the story of cycles and of the human behaviour that is responsible for overreactions in both directions.” – Seth Klarman, CEO…
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What’s Your Silver Lining?
The days blend together. I feel like Bill Murray in the movie Groundhog Day. I’m working at my makeshift office at the end of the…
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Bear Market Rally or Did We Hit Bottom?
“A cycle like this does not end with a mere month-long correction. A real bear market is only over when no one is interested in…
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Bear Market Assessment: What We Got Right & Wrong
Lawrence Hamtil runs a wealth management firm in Overland, KS. He posted the above self-assessment on Twitter on his portfolio positioning prior to the COVID-19…
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