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A set of rules to develop a behavioral edge – Part 1

  • by Rodney Smith
  • Posted on October 23, 2022October 23, 2022
  • Part 2: Human Foibles and Investment Decision Making

Today everyone is fretting about inflation and the potential for a recession. Trying to decide on the outlook for these macro-economic things can be a distraction.

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Superior investment performance – what it takes – part 1

  • by Rodney Smith
  • Posted on April 10, 2022April 10, 2022
  • Part 3: Thoughts for the Individual Investor

No doubt some qualities are ‘bred in the bone’. But, it also seems some children learn how to be more confident, to have higher executive control and to be more willing to trust experimenters who offer double treats.

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The secret to keeping things in perspective

  • by Rodney Smith
  • Posted on September 12, 2021September 12, 2021
  • Part 2: Human Foibles and Investment Decision Making

Shielding themselves from the pain of losses by Broad Framing

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Investors can counter management short termism

  • by Rodney Smith
  • Posted on February 14, 2021February 15, 2021
  • Part 6: The Hallmarks of Superb Businesses

63 per cent of respondents said the pressure to demonstrate short-term financial performance had increased over the last five years

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Overcoming mistaken short term thinking with Kahneman style risk policies

  • by Rodney Smith
  • Posted on June 28, 2020November 19, 2020
  • Part 2: Human Foibles and Investment Decision Making

Reduce or eliminate the pain of the occasional loss by the thought that the policy that left you exposed to it will almost certainly be financially advantageous over the long run

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Investors defending against management spin and ourselves

  • by Rodney Smith
  • Posted on January 12, 2020September 7, 2020
  • Part 2: Human Foibles and Investment Decision Making

If you don’t know what framing is, it’s a wonder you survived this long. We can defend against misframing when others use it against us. But, as important, we can learn to be alert to our own lack of perspective and reframe our own view of things to our advantage.

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The special risks of investing a windfall gain

  • by Rodney Smith
  • Posted on September 9, 2019November 1, 2020
  • Part 2: Human Foibles and Investment Decision Making

Investors always need to be alert for things that make us risk seeking. Risk seeking is bad. Risk seeking is being willing to take a risk even if the chances of success are poor. Risk seeking causes investors to lose money.

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