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Vulnerability & Financial Abuse
Read more: Vulnerability & Financial AbuseAgeing brings the curse of vulnerability. Cognition inevitably declines, reflexes inevitably decline, eyesight and hearing inevitably decline, while muscle mass is on slow glide downward as we lose 3-5% each decade from our 30’s. That means strength and balance inevitably declines. There are some preventative measures we can take, but try as we may, in some areas we may be struck randomly by age related disease and decline regardless. If you think that’s negative, we’re not finished yet. Vulnerability increases risk. There may be the need to outsource more tasks and rely on others for help. Worse, some may see…
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Election Results Irrelevant, but Vital
Read more: Election Results Irrelevant, but VitalIt is a week out from the US Presidential election. We’ve deliberately avoided the election until the very last moment. Why? Its lack of importance. We hear ‘this is the most important election of our lifetime’ almost every election. On some issues, maybe it is. When it comes to investing, it rarely is. Nor should an election ever be regarded as something to focus on. If an investor is perpetually scanning the horizon for the next event, then they are perpetually distracted by things they can’t control. It isn’t conducive to disciplined investing. Agonising and handwringing over this election, or…
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Stories & Evidence
Read more: Stories & EvidenceIn 1998 the Tour de France was in dire straits. A car belonging to the Festina team was stopped on the French-Belgium border. The boot was full of performance enhancing drugs. What followed were police raids and arrests. It culminated with the Festina team being booted off the Tour. Other riders and teams were outraged and protested at their treatment. Fans were livid. Booing and jeering at every turn of the pedal. 1998 was a dark stain on the history of the Tour de France. In 1999, a new story quickly emerged to blow away the dirt. A man who…
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Is Sustainable Investing Worth Your Money?
Read more: Is Sustainable Investing Worth Your Money?ESG investing. You’ve probably heard the term, but what does it actually mean? ESG stands for Environmental, Social and Governance, it may also be termed sustainable investing. You may say it is an investment decision based on your beliefs. It is a wide term as it can cover several areas, but essentially, it’s for investors who still want positive returns, but also consider their long-term impact on society, environment and the behaviour of a business. As the Credit Suisse research institute points out in their Global Investment Returns 2020 Yearbook, the largest ESG category, is exclusionary screening or avoiding investing…
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Heirlooms
Read more: HeirloomsOne of the staples of investment media and stock picking newsletters are the ‘if you had invested…’ stories. The writer will pick a well-known stock, go back to a point in time (usually the IPO) and inform us how many millions we’d have today, if only we’d invested a specific dollar amount into that stock. It’s meant to make us feel like buffoons. Why didn’t we jump aboard a stock than now seems completely obvious in hindsight? There’s even a website dedicated to the concept. Stock Time Machine. This tracks some of the largest listed companies in the US. Put…
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