Behavioural Finance Rational Reminder Podcast Episode 136: Chasing Top Fund Managers PWL Capital 2021-02-11T05:30:13 February 11, 2021 When you see funds performing monumentally well, you may feel regretful for not investing in them earlier. There is, however, a long history of funds that skyrocketed only to have major falls from grace a brief period after. The bulk of today’s episode is spent exploring this idea in the portfolio topic section but before getting into that, we kick the show off with some updates.
Behavioural Finance Benjamin Felix Investing in Technological Revolutions 2020-12-3T13:56:19 December 3, 2020 Exciting new technologies, and the companies that create them, seem like obvious investment opportunities. Why wouldn’t you want to invest in the companies leading a new world-changing technological paradigm? Each past technological revolution has changed the world in profound and distinct ways, but their relationship with financial capital has been remarkably consistent. While we can’t predict how emergent technologies will change the world, we can draw insight from how financial markets have behaved through past technological revolutions.
Behavioural Finance The Rational Reminder Episode 126: Dr. Brian Portnoy and Josh Brown: Beyond the Orthodoxy – How Financial Pros Invest 2020-11-26T05:30:39 November 26, 2020 Dr. Brian Portnoy and Josh Brown’s book How I Invest My Money, captures the stories and investment strategies of 25 top financial advisors. The book highlights that while there are established dogmas that tell you how and why you ought to invest, there is no ‘one-size-fits-all’ way to invest. Today we speak with Brian and Josh about the key insights that we can derive from their work.
Behavioural Finance The Rational Reminder Podcast: Episode 119: The Stock Market vs. Elections, and Incentives in Financial Planning 2020-11-25T18:05:27 November 25, 2020 Thank you for tuning in to this episode of the Rational Reminder. We start this show with some great news about the comment section and our migration to Discourse. Having an open dialogue has always been crucial for us—it has even led to our latest hire—so we felt it was time to add more structure to it.
Personal Wealth Benjamin Felix U.S. Presidential Elections vs. the Stock Market: Who’s Really in Charge? 2020-11-2T13:11:42 November 2, 2020 Are you wondering how the upcoming U.S. presidential election might affect your investments? This is not a new kind of concern. Elections are stressful times, and the heightened rhetoric from across the political spectrum doesn’t help. With so much at stake, it may seem obvious the outcome could impact the stock market. I cannot turn down the volume, nor am I going to take a political side. But I can tell you what the data say about the relationship between U.S. presidential elections and U.S. stock markets. Bottom line, what may seem so “obvious,” may not be. Not even when the election could be a tight one.
Starting Out The Rational Reminder Episode 121: Day Trading and Overconfidence 2020-10-22T16:28:03 October 22, 2020 Despite the mountain of evidence against it, day trading is thriving. Today we dive into the research and explore why the practice is alive and well before answering the question — “Can too much confidence lose you money?” After touching on investing news, listener feedback, our books of the week, and our take on the ‘Ultimate Ned Debate,’ we open our discussion on day trading.
Behavioural Finance The Rational Reminder Podcast Episode 118: The Psychology of Investing — Bounded Rationality with Victor Ricciardi 2020-10-19T17:59:16 October 19, 2020 What are the psychological conditions that allow investors to make rational decisions, and how do these processes of decision-making occur? These are the questions that our guest, Victor Ricciardi, is dedicated to answering and what he is here on the show today to talk about!
Starting Out The Rational Reminder Podcast Episode 120: Annie Duke – How to Decide 2020-10-19T17:55:04 October 19, 2020 Good decision-making is a fundamental part of achieving our goals, so getting better at it would be in anybody’s best interest. Here to talk about making better decisions is Annie Duke, expert poker player and author of How to Decide: Simple Tools for Making Better Decisions, and Thinking in Bets.
Personal Wealth The Rational Reminder Podcast Episode 119: The Stock Market vs. Elections, and Incentives in Financial Planning 2020-10-8T05:30:41 October 8, 2020 Thank you for tuning in to this episode of the Rational Reminder. We start this show with some great news about the comment section and our migration to Discourse. Having an open dialogue has always been crucial for us—it has even led to our latest hire—so we felt it was time to add more structure to it.
DIY Investing Benjamin Felix Are the Largest Large-Cap Growth Stocks Where It’s At? 2020-09-24T08:56:40 September 24, 2020 So, why not just concentrate your investments in these biggest and most exciting companies? Between their extraordinary recent returns and their world-changing products and services, it’s easy to believe this time is different, and these are the only stocks you need to own.
Advanced Investing The Rational Reminder Podcast Episode 117: A Message from the Bank of Canada, and Safe Withdrawal Rates with Factor Tilts 2020-09-24T08:44:58 September 24, 2020 For the first part of today’s discussion, we are joined by Don Coletti from The Central Bank of Canada. He is here to talk about their upcoming recommendation for a monetary policy framework for the next five years which is incorporating public feedback into its development through the survey, Lets Talk Inflation.