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Portfolio optimization consumes an extraordinary amount of our mental energy. We debate asset allocation strategies endlessly. It appears we...

We live in an era obsessed with scale. Everyone wants to build the next unicorn or secure a massive exit. I've observed that this relent...

Investors love to showcase their intricate financial models. We assemble massive spreadsheets to justify our market positions. I strongly su...

Grab a stool and settle in. The financial media constantly glorifies overnight successes who claim to have mastered the market. We see self-...

Welcome back to the digital saloon. We frequently analyze why massive organizations consistently make terrible financial decisions. I've...

  The Wisdom Bite: "...convinced that his true goal, whatever he might tell them, would always lie in what he did not tell them."...

  The Wisdom Bite: "You want to control something that is out of control" The Deeper Connection: Modern finance worships at the ...

The Wisdom Bite: "Problems become opportunities to rearrange priorities" The Deeper Connection: Most market participants view fi...

The Wisdom Bite: "I cannot and do not want to pretend on purpose" The Deeper Connection: The financial services industry thrives...

The Wisdom Bite: "Here's hoping all the days ahead / Won't be as bitter as the ones behind you / Be an optimist instead / And ...

  In the investment industry, there is an immense pressure to be consistent. We publish our macroeconomic forecasts, we plant our flag on a ...

Wall Street engineers are obsessed with optimization. They look at a perfectly good, resilient balance sheet and see "inefficient capit...

The financial media loves a genius, and during a raging bull market, everybody feels like one. When every stock you pick goes up and your le...

  Step up to the bar and grab a stool. One of the hardest things for any investor, amateur or professional, to do is to look at a sea of red...

We live in an era where everyone's portfolio is seemingly public, and social media bombards us with images of overnight billionaires who...

Grab a stool. We celebrate the sheer processing power and relentless grind of the modern financial professional. But in the pursuit of maxim...

Today we are talking about the cognitive prison of the flashing red and green numbers on your screen, and why you must actively choose to de...

Talk is incredibly cheap on Wall Street. What separates the great investors from the asset gatherers is the willingness to bear the actual c...