What New Index Fund Investors Fail To Carefully Read
#Mindset #InvestingSometimes, I get the following message from new investors: “I’ve been following your index fund approach. I’ve done well over the past five years,…
How Do We Really Feel About The Rich And The Poor?
#Mindset #LifestyleWhen I was about 12 years old, one of my friends told me a joke. He asked, “What’s the difference between a bumblebee and a…
How The Pink Tax Could Cost Each Woman A Million Dollars
#Lifestyle #InvestingA friend recently posted a video on Facebook about the Pink Tax. It’s an amazing example how retailers rip off women, charging them more for…
Dubai Eye Radio – Business Breakfast Podcast – 15 July 2018
#Talks and Interviews #InvestingHere’s a podcast of my interview with Dubai Eye Radio on the 15th July. I’m talking about investing and about how investing is not…
Don't Punish Your Kids: Teach Them This Financial Lesson
#Children #InvestingWhen I was teaching at Singapore American School, I tutored a Korean woman who asked me how much my parents pushed me to excel in school.…
Is Your Investment Portfolio Hiding Guns or Cigarettes?
#InvestingNineteen-year old Nikolas Cruz brought a semi-automatic weapon into a high school in Parkland, Florida. On Valentine’s Day, he killed 17 people. The massacre outraged…
Why Your Investment Portfolio Is Like A Bar of Soap
#Mindset #InvestingPlenty of investors start out well. They build a diversified portfolio of low-cost index funds. But then an analyst on Bloomberg says bonds are going to…
Three Massive Risks of Actively Managed Funds
#Investing #MindsetPerhaps you smoke cigarettes. If so, you’re aware of the risks. But what if smokers also grew nostril hair (five inches a year) and it…
Don't Fall In Love With Your Favourite Stock Market
#Investing #MindsetImagine this: You’re 16 years old. You’ve moved to a different district and it’s your first day at school. You walk into a…
So You Don't Think You Have Enough Money To Travel The World?
#Lifestyle #MindsetMy wife and I have been travelling in a camper van for the past nine months. We drove from Canada, and we’re (hopefully) on our…