GYC Insights
Articles on real-life financial issues written to educate and enlighten.
Keep Calm and Carry On
Cut out short-term noise and keep sight of long-term benefits. Headlines are crafted to catch attention, not to provide education. Adopting a long-term perspective can help investors look beyond them to reach their goals.
What to Do After All the Big Losses?
As massive losses hit the stock market, what should investors do to survive?
Driving Forward Whilst Looking Back
As we head into 2020, it helps to look at financial forecasts with the hindsight gained from 2019.
The Death of Bonds and other 'Death' Claims
The Bank of America recently declared that the 60/40 portfolio is dead. Yet many similar death reports in the past have proved to be unfounded.
Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me
A philosopher once said that nothing is as difficult for people as not deceiving themselves. But while most self-delusions are relatively costless, those relating to investments come with a hefty price tag.
Recency Illusion
Arnold Zwicky defined the Recency Illusion as ”the belief that things you have noticed only recently are in fact recent”. How does this illusion affect your investing decisions?
Attraction to Rising Prices
Don’t we all love a good discount? Yet when there is a huge discount in stocks, people run away! Why is this so?
Causal Connections
Understanding potential flaws in your thinking will make you more aware of how these may affect your investing behaviour.
Negativity Dominance
Our brain’s threat centre always gives priority to bad news. Why is this so? And how does this relate to risk aversion in investing?