If you were to buy a company, would you hold onto it for only 2 or 3 days? Speculation is not investing and has destroyed many more fortunes than it has created. The shares of Gamestop that have shot up so quickly will eventually find their equilibrium and come back down to earth.

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.

The human behavioural instincts that serve us well in most areas can be our downfall when it comes to investing. What methods can we use to stay the course even when our instincts tell us otherwise?

A simple, low-cost diversified portfolio can beat most investment strategies, and is the best bet for attaining long-term investment success.

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?

People often follow the herd. This can be devastating in investing.

Don’t we all love a good discount? Yet when there is a huge discount in stocks, people run away! Why is this so?

How many times do we have a certain mandate, only to switch to something else when we hear of a good idea from a magazine, a friend or the news?

Understanding potential flaws in your thinking will make you more aware of how these may affect your investing behaviour.

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?