Investing is personal. Behind data and numbers are emotion and feelings. It’s one thing to read The Great Crash, it’s another thing entirely to read The Great Depression: A Diary. One provides the macro- how much stocks fell and how high unemployment got- the other provides the micro, the human element. Here’s Benjamin Roth writing in his…

Articles Long-term knowledge is harder to notice because it’s buried in books rather than blasted in headlines. By Morgan Housel No one wants to be lectured by people who presume to be better than them. By Josh Brown When you send your money outside the U.S., some of it bounces right back. By Jason Zweig…

The CFA didn’t help me get a job. In fact, it hurt my chances. I was at an insurance company from 2008-2010, and when I left, I already knew what I wanted to do, but I had no idea how to get there. My resume was garbage, I got kicked out of school (twice), and…

Articles Investor ambivalence can be glimpsed from a few angles. By Michael Santoli Would you be willing to give up a few percentage points in expected return to have less risk through diversification? By of Dollars and Data Having a long-term mindset and being more patient than other investors is one of the last true…

Today, Netflix celebrates its fifteenth year as a public company. In 2002, the DVD rental service raised $82.5 million, just 2.5% of what SNAP did in March, 2017.  But these are different companies and certainly different times. In May 2002, the NASDAQ was 67% off its highs and fewer companies were coming public, as the…

Investors are paying 56% more for every dollar of real earnings in modern times than they used to. Prior to 1983, the average CAPE ratio was 14.7, and for the last 33 years it has risen to 23. There are plenty of reasons (stories?) for why multiples expanded in the bull market of the 80s…

Articles What seems like a simple change can have dramatic effects By Isaac Presley The year after Clinton’s impeachment, the S&P 500 Index rose more than 21%. By Barry Ritholtz Stocks don’t have to crash every time they fall. By Ben Carlson Nothing feels better than the satisfaction of watching everyone lose money just after…

Why does it feel like every time stocks falls a little, they’re going to fall a lot? This is probably a permanent feature of the stock market, but it seems like that drum is beating very loud these days. I believe there are two main reasons why some investors have three feet out the door….

I worked at an insurance shop in Manhattan for almost two years right out of college. Just prior to my arrival, the agency had transitioned owners and after only a few weeks of being there, my manager went back to being a producer. So for the next eighteen months or so, without any knowledge or any…

Amazon went public twenty years ago today. A headline in The New York Times read, Investors Offer Amazon.com A Warm First-Day Reception. Yet despite the warm reception, a 30% day-one pop, few could have seen that it would go onto become one of the greatest stocks of its generation. It’s incredible to think that just ten…