The Melt-Up, Overconfidence & Confirmation Bias

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A Reliable Forecast for 2018

I’m not going to waste your time providing a specific forecast. I could create a [...]

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Dow 1,000,000

The Dow just breached the 24,000 level. So where will it go from here? I [...]

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Casinos & Media – Distorting Your Reality For Their Gain

Reality. In many cases there is an absolute reality or truth, but how we act [...]

I Almost Cried For You Argentina

Sometimes you just get lucky. My trip to Argentina was possible due to luck on [...]

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How the Media Hijacked Your Mind in September

“Wait, What? I don’t think so! How could the media hijack my mind? I am [...]

What a NYC Cabbie Said That Made Me So Mad

The following experience is a great reminder of how important it is to change our [...]

When Your POS Isn’t a PoS

I recently attended a Mastermind Conference in Toronto in which we discussed our individual Personal [...]

If Money Doesn’t Buy Happiness, What Does?

For centuries mankind has been searching for happiness. Regardless of culture, social status or beliefs [...]

How Index Funds Can Lead to Worse Investor Performance

A few months ago I wrote how lower investment costs hurt investors. In this post [...]

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Shark Tank & Investing

This is the last of three blog posts regarding things I learned from Kevin O’Leary’s [...]

5 Attributes of Successful Managers

This is the second (of three) blog posts regarding things I learned from Kevin O’Leary’s [...]

Creating a Successful Pitch

I recently spoke at a conference in which Kevin O’Leary aka “Mr Wonderful” was a [...]

Strategic Ignorance

It’s funny. We can take a negative attribute/behavior and put the word “strategic” in front [...]

How Lower Investment Costs Hurt Investors

When the price of a good or service goes down, it is almost always a [...]

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Will it Matter in 100 Years? (Video Blog)

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]This past week I was in Argentina. Visiting a land and people that I love. [...]

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The Perils of Financial Media Hyperbole

Let’s be honest. The financial media exists to make a buck. They claim that their [...]

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Why I Despise Twitter (but still use it)

I have a love/hate relationship with Twitter. I love the ability to share content/ideas quickly. [...]

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The Problem with Herding into Index Funds

There has been a lot of media coverage recently on the virtue of investing in [...]

When Investing, You Can Be Wrong Even When You Are Right

There are many things I love about my job. One of the highlights is speaking [...]

A Time to Reflect Before We Project

A new year is always a great time to reflect on what we have experienced [...]

The Amazing (and Tricky) Brain

I love learning about the brain. It’s amazing what it can to do. It’s memory, the [...]

Power of Suggestion (Video Blog)

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Framing Our Responses to the Election & Civility

This is not a political post. It is a post about our individual response to [...]

Watching vs. Experiencing

Recently I was in Lake Tahoe, CA for an event. I had a few hours [...]