Are you still reading books on economic cycles, trading and hedging strategies to boost your financial literacy?Is the most powerful and important investment book among them? It is called ‘Shut Up and Wait.’* It’s just one page with a long-term…
Where do you think Singaporean investors rank in terms of domestic equity allocation in % of total equity? Do we have more or less than 50% of our equity invested in the Singapore stock market? … From my anecdotal encounters…
… Hmm, I don’t know how that header should be completed. Do you? No? Then, let’s find out together. In my opinion, the standard saying: “Don’t worry, be happy” seems to be too simplified because not only do I doubt that one can be…
Evolution had shaped the human brain to be acutely aware of all potential dangers. Combined with the tendency of the media’s “only bad news is good news”, this has a profound impact on human perception: it literally shuts off our…
It’s the time of the year again where we start out with a bag full of New Year’s Resolutions and than slowly … one by one … fail to execute them. Do you happen to have set the resolution to…
Sorry, what did you say? “You are a bit late with your forecast, Tacomob. It’s already February!” Well, dear reader, what’s a year anyway? It’s merely the orbital period of the Earth moving in its orbit around the Sun. But…
A bit volatile out there recently, isn’t it? How do you feel? Calm or nervous? I choose to tell myself to stay calm and use the opportunity to refresh my memory on what I should do in order to be successful in…
Would you have a few minutes for some slightly deeper thoughts? Do you trust your memory? Your memories are unreliable and often flat-out wrong, especially when it comes to remembering how you felt at a certain time or place.…
To what? – you might ask. To whatever you are somewhat interested in. We are masters in paying zero attention to what we are not interested in. All thanks to our inborn or learned biases. Regular readers of Tacomob are…
Why do we consciously do things which we genuinely know are not beneficial to us? A non-financial example includes smoking cigarettes (we know we shouldn’t, but many do anyway), while a financial example includes not living within our means, or saving up for a…