When Theresa May called a snap General Election a few weeks ago, the consensus was that it was a slam-dunk for the Conservative Party. The pollsters predicted a landmark victory with an overall majority of up to 96 seats for the Tories. But instead of the...
One of our core investing principles is to keep costs within the TRAILS™ portfolios as low as possible. Costs reduce an investor’s net return and represent a hurdle for a fund. Before a fund can outperform, it must first add enough value to cover its costs....
Dan Ariely knows a thing or two about motivation. He is a Professor of Psychology and Behavioral Economics at Duke University and the founder of The Centre for Advanced Hindsight. Basic economics teaches us that motivation is based on a very simple trade-off: we need and...