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Can You Beat Stock-Pickers By Flipping A Coin?
Imagine a world where nobody knows how to pick stocks. There are no investment books, no brokerages, and no annoying financial gurus …
How To Outperform By Simply Being Half-Decent
I still remember the most horrifying moment of my student life. It was 2010 and I was doing my final exam in Financial Economics. The …
The Biggest Mistake That Beginner Investors Make
Let’s say that you wanted to learn tennis. What’s the first thing you should focus on? Should you figure out which racquet to buy? Whether …
The Myth of the Successful Money Manager
I love to laugh at the fancy ads that fund management companies take out on the MRT. They'll say things like "Hey, we're superdamnawesome at …
The Great Index Unit Trust Hoax
Whenever I check into a hotel, I get really fascinated by just how crazy expensive some of the items in the minibar are. One time when I …
How to Hide Money Like a Criminal Mastermind
Let’s do a little role play. You are an international criminal mastermind, wanted by the authorities in 14 countries. Your crime ring has …
Don’t Walk Under Ladders
You know that superstition that says it's bad luck to walk under a ladder? So we totally know that it's based on myth and has no scientific …
Why Whole-Life Insurance Is Like Picking Your Nose
There are some things that I would never pay someone to do for me. Like brushing my teeth. Or reading. Or organizing my iTunes library. Or …