How People Learn: How Experts Differ from Novices
Fascinating chapter in the book "How People Learn" about How Experts Differ from Novices; It has significant...
Apprenticed Investor: Seven Steps for Handling Stock Tips
Its finally here! After a quarter’s hiatus, the Apprenticed Investor makes its long awaited return. Today’s column...
Scaling versus Averaging
I make it a habit to read people who’s market styles and/or perspectives are different than my own. One of my favorites in this...
Soros & Buffett Investment Rules
On the face of it, Buffett and Soros investment styles seem to have little in common. A new book suggest that both practice the same...
Why Buy-And-Hold Strategy Doesn’t Work for So Many Investors
Interesting IBD lecture on why Buy & Hold can be so costly, and how to use charts to avoid disaster stocks: -You buy a stock. Soon,...
More signs of Speculation
I am working on a column on Stock Tips, and in my research I came across this unbelievable chart. Its from Jason Goepfert of...
The Basic Tenets of My Investment Consciousness
Doug Kass published a terrific column — a list of sorts — of his investment tenets. The concepts that form the basis of...
How to Invest Like Boston Red Sox Slugger Ted Williams
You may have missed Scott Patterson’s column in last week’s Sunday WSJ (another good column buried on the weekend, Bill!)...
The Single Company Magazine Cover Indicator
In the past, I have warned against relying on the magazine cover indicator for specific companies. There are some very specific caveats...
A Healthy Dose of Skepticism
In order to be a successful investor — indeed, a successful anything — you need a healthy dose of skepticism. Not a gray,...