Archive for the 'Psychology' Category

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Investor A.D.D.

February 9th, 2010

From 1940 to 1980, the average holding period that investors held on to stocks was as high as 10 years to as low as 4 years. Then in the 1980s, the holding period started to fall to as low as 1.5 years in the late 1980s, before a brief bounce to two years in the […]

Seth Klarman Harvard Interview

January 18th, 2010

Seth Klarman is one of the greatest investors ever, in my humble opinion. Check out his interview with Harvard Business School:
Seth Klarman Harvard interview

The benefits of walking a dog

December 17th, 2009

On a rather stressful day, I really enjoyed reading this article on the benefits of walking a dog. Here is a snippet on how walking a dog helped people in an assisted living home:
To the surprise of the researchers, the dog walkers showed a big improvement in fitness, while the human walkers began making excuses […]

Shmuley Boteach on Tiger Woods and Infidelity

December 15th, 2009

“IN TRUTH, men have affairs not for physical reasons but for emotional ones. They cheat not out of a sense of confidence but out of a state of brokenness. Not out of a sense of how desirable they are but out of a sense of what failures they are. And this is especially true of […]

Alice Schroeder Interview

December 4th, 2009

Jeff Matthews just posted a lengthy, yet excellent interview with Alice Schroeder, who wrote the book Snowball about Warren Buffett.
Jeff Matthews Interview

The Truth About Grit

August 3rd, 2009

I enjoyed this article on how grit leads more to success than talent or intelligence.
The Truth About Grit

Hunches

July 28th, 2009

This is a very fascinating article in the New York Times on hunches and the brain. Check it out:
Hunches and the brain

How David Beats Goliath

May 15th, 2009

Please go read this article in the New Yorker by Malcolm Gladwell. It is about how underdogs can win. It is simply fantastic and has many lessons that anyone, especially investors can use.
Malcolm Gladwell - David vs. Goliath

Mea Culpa

May 14th, 2009

I’ve been meaning to write this for awhile, but I think now is a good time to write this.
I have been very wrong the past year. I’ve been wrong on specific stocks and the direction of the market. I’ve lost my investors and others lots of money despite my hard work and research. After 10 […]

The Attraction of Gold

April 22nd, 2009

Really interesting blog post about the attraction of gold: Attraction of gold

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