David finds that spending time getting to know what is important to his clients helps to provide reassurance when funds take a dip in value. In the difficult market conditions of 2008/09, a lot of clients ‘bailed out’ of the market. To do this was not...
A very amusing and insightful talk where Anne Lamott shares her best tips on how to view yourself, life, families and God. “There are cracks in everything, that’s how the light gets in” is my favourite quote from her talk. Anne believes we are all doomed and...
In this video, we see David Butler describe a scenario where his broker encourages him to buy shares on the basis that the share value should increase. This type of broker discretionary relationship has not always been successful for the client; if the predicted...
What is the most transformative thing that you can do for your brain today? Exercise! says neuroscientist Wendy Suzuki! Dr. Wendy A. Suzuki is a Professor of Neural Science and Psychology at the Centre for Neural Science, New York University. She is best known for her...
‘The internet gave us access to everything. But it also gave everything access to us,’ says James Vietch, a writer and comedian who turned his frustration into whimsy when a local supermarket refused to take no for an answer and high jinks ensued. What the moral...
I always like a personal challenge and since I am in France in August, I thought it would be a good idea to try to cycle up Mont Ventoux on Saturday 17th August 2019 at 6am in the morning. I must be mad, but it's...
Here's an intriguing statistic: In the developed world, women live an average of six to eight years longer than men do. Six to eight years longer! There is however one place in the world where men live as long as women. It's a...
Most of us want to save more money, but overall, people today are doing it less and less. Behavioural scientist Wendy De La Rosa studies how everyday people make decisions to improve their financial well-being. Her findings can help you painlessly make the commitment to...
In the following video, Dimensional founder David Booth reflects upon decades of experience of operating in the capital markets to explain a valuable point regarding many of the issues we’ve discussed in this newsletter. As long-term investors, we try to ignore the ‘noise’ emanating from the...
This year marks the tenth anniversary of the failure of the U.S. bank Lehman Brothers. Following the collapse, a tsunami struck the global financial industry. In this video, legendary investor Warren Buffett explains what was behind the 2008 disaster and what we can do to limit...