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Strategic thinking, plans and a punch in the mouth

  • by Rodney Smith
  • Posted on June 17, 2025June 17, 2025
  • Part 4: Principles of Operation

And here’s the difference between the bursting of true stock market bubbles and other stock market routs. When the Dot Com bubble burst it took many many, years for the fallen to recover.

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Sentiment and the four faces of risk

  • by Rodney Smith
  • Posted on November 3, 2024November 5, 2024
  • Part 1: The Field of Play

Ironically, the four faces of risk reverse actual risk. Risk is perceived to be highest in bear markets; moderate in sideways markets; increasingly lower in bull markets; and, more or less ignored, in bubbles.

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A special talent for converting life’s setbacks into future successes

  • by Rodney Smith
  • Posted on June 18, 2023June 21, 2023
  • Part 3: Thoughts for the Individual Investor

The most successful sailors are those who have a particular mindset in how they deal with the setbacks.

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Fear and investing

  • by Rodney Smith
  • Posted on October 24, 2021October 25, 2021
  • Part 2: Human Foibles and Investment Decision Making

The house of fear has many windows

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The psychology of risk

  • by Rodney Smith
  • Posted on February 2, 2020May 2, 2021
  • Part 2: Human Foibles and Investment Decision Making

Risk aversion is an unwillingness to take on a risk in spite of the fact that the reward amply justifies the risk taken

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