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My thoughts on second edition of The Four Pillars of Investing by William Bernstein

  • by Rodney Smith
  • Posted on July 30, 2023July 30, 2023
  • Part 4: Principles of Operation

We think the very term ‘value investing’ is redundant. What is ‘investing’ if it is not the act of seeking value at least sufficient to justify the amount paid?

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Buying stocks in your happy zone

  • by Rodney Smith
  • Posted on July 16, 2023July 16, 2023
  • Part 7: Building and Managing a Portfolio

If I have to bite at stuff that is out of my happy zone, I’m not a .334 hitter

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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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Gambling, trading, risk intolerance and investing

  • by Rodney Smith
  • Posted on December 20, 2022December 20, 2022
  • Part 4: Principles of Operation

An investment is a favourable bet. Gambling is an unfavourable bet.

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Conventional diversification makes no sense

  • by Rodney Smith
  • Posted on October 10, 2022October 10, 2022
  • Part 7: Building and Managing a Portfolio

The concerns which fail are those which have scattered their capital, which means that they have scattered their brains also. They have investments in this, or that, or the other, here, there and everywhere

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Risk when markets are down

  • by Rodney Smith
  • Posted on June 19, 2022July 9, 2023
  • Part 1: The Field of Play

Here were financial people who could seriously consider that stocks are less safe because they have declined in price than they were after they had advanced in price

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Moderate risk tolerance

  • by Rodney Smith
  • Posted on March 20, 2022March 20, 2022
  • Part 3: Thoughts for the Individual Investor

One way to be adept at avoiding failure is to avoid attempting anything you might fail at

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How to cope with volatility

  • by Rodney Smith
  • Posted on December 5, 2021December 6, 2021
  • Part 1: The Field of Play

A high volatility 5-to-10-year return stream that might see several 30% drawdowns on the way to a superb 10 year record

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My thoughts on asset allocation

  • by Rodney Smith
  • Posted on August 22, 2021August 23, 2021
  • Part 5: Asset Management

They looked at the allocation between stocks, bonds and cash. They found that over 95 percent of the funds’ returns came from their asset allocation.

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Let’s clear up misunderstandings about risk and volatility

  • by Rodney Smith
  • Posted on May 30, 2021January 29, 2023
  • Part 1: The Field of Play

A risky investment may be volatile, but not every volatile investment is risky.

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