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Are you in control?
The desire to feel like we’re in control seems to be a very basic human need. Are you in control? Do you like to control your environment? Well? Were you successful in that endeavour? C’mon, be honest. Because—Control—is an illusion! Let me give you an example…
To stay stress free, take care of your own business and not other’s business
The other day some friends asked me what Tacomob actually means and stands for. As this is a FAQ I often encounter, let me share my thoughts here: In one sentence, I prefer to Tacomob instead of mentally doing other’s…
Stuff I read last week – Two
A few weeks ago and before my long vacation to Europe I published one post about the stuff I read online. I decided to keep this up on irregular intervals. So since a few days I am back in Singapore…
Zero-Risk Bias
My brain is flawed. It is a flawed lens through which I see reality. This is true of both mouse brains and human brains. But a human brain is a flawed lens that can understand its own flaws—its systematic errors,…
Stuff I read last week – One
Reading is not too bad an investment of time. In a short period of time I get to absorb what took someone else years to accumulate, understand, distill, and refine. There could be so much to learn from what I…
The law of small numbers
In my previous post I shared a few thoughts on probabilities and statistics. I wrote about disregarding probabilities in decision making, ignoring small probabilities and not over-weighting small probabilities. A tough act to follow. I am totally guilty of failing…
Gambler’s fallacy in a world of uncertainty
Gambler’s fallacy is a term we often hear. What is it exactly and how does it affect what you do with your money? It is the belief that future events will be shaped by past events, even when the two…
Halo Effect
This post has nothing to do with Brexit, UK’s ego, or the unfairness in life that the older generation always decides on things the younger generation has to live with. But then, maybe it does … Let’s visit another continent…
Don’t do envy
The GSS – the Great Singapore Sale is upon us again. And I am not talking about the Singapore stock market here. It’s an opportune time to remind ourselves of that one emotion that is the cause of the lack…
Warning: For serious investors only! PART 2
At the end of part 1 of this blog post we parted with the open question: How were most of these investment legends able to be wrong more often than they were right and still make incredible profits? To analyze…
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