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Coping with luck – good and bad

  • by Rodney Smith
  • Posted on August 18, 2024August 18, 2024
  • Part 3: Thoughts for the Individual Investor

They must avoid the temptation to say that lady luck owes them one and take outsized risks

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Luck and taking a flyer

  • by Rodney Smith
  • Posted on August 11, 2024August 11, 2024
  • Part 3: Thoughts for the Individual Investor

The notions of coherence, plausibility, and probability are easily confused by the unwary.

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Why an all-stock approach to investing makes good sense

  • by Rodney Smith
  • Posted on March 24, 2024March 24, 2024
  • Part 1: The Field of Play

Leaving moderate risk in the dust

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I differ with Cliff Asness about Risk Adjusted Returns

  • by Rodney Smith
  • Posted on March 3, 2024March 4, 2024
  • Part 1: The Field of Play

Once you own shares in a company, the investment risk you face is a risk that undermines the value of what you own

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What it means to not lose money

  • by Rodney Smith
  • Posted on January 21, 2024January 21, 2024
  • Part 7: Building and Managing a Portfolio

People who succeed in the stock market also accept periodic losses, setbacks, and unexpected occurrences

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What to make of recent market run up?

  • by Rodney Smith
  • Posted on December 17, 2023December 17, 2023
  • Part 1: The Field of Play

Rising prices are a narcotic that affect the reasoning power up and down the line

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Uncertainty is the investor’s best friend

  • by Rodney Smith
  • Posted on November 12, 2023November 12, 2023
  • Part 4: Principles of Operation

We must be content with hunches and alternative scenarios instead of determinate predictions

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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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