Your Ability to Spot Financial Bullshit Predicts your Financial Well-being

Avoid financial bullshit

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ผ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต – ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ธ, ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ, ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—บ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ต.

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Why do we misbehave so often?

Why do you misbehave?

According to economists, we should all be cold, clear-eyed spenders who always choose what would benefit us the most economically. In their economistsโ€™ world, we are all as emotionless, passionless, and predictable as the Vulcan Mr. Spock in Star Trek, since we are supposedlyโ€ฆ

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Are you paying attention?

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 areโ€ฆ

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Survivorship Bias

Survivorship Bias

Was reading the Sunday Times today when several “Unit Trust Providers” and “Actively Managed Funds” peddling their services through ads caught my eye. Whenever I do read those eye-candies, I can’t help but recall the miserable track record of activeโ€ฆ

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