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Learning to Mistrust Your Financial Instincts

In this review of Nobel Prize-winning economist Daniel Kahneman’s book, “Thinking Fast and Slow,” New York Times columnist John Wasik explains how investors frequently fail to act in their own best self interests and are consistently led astray by their own emotions and cognitive errors.

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Inefficient Markets Are Hard To Find

If active managers could more easily beat “inefficient” than efficient markets, then the results would be easy to see. Wall Street Columnist Jason Zweig explains why that’s not the case.

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Why Vanguard?

Index funds are being embraced by an ever-increasing number of investors. But not all index funds are created equal. What makes Vanguard’s funds stand out from the crowd?

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The Hidden Risks of Safety

New York Times columnist, Ron Lieber, examines the hidden dangers lurking below the surface of an asset most investors view as being safe.

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Confidence and the Illusion of Validity

Nobel Prize winner Daniel Kahneman suggests while the majority of professional stock-pickers sincerely believe they are experts, look like experts and act like experts, it’s just an illusion.

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A Better Way to Invest

What do you get when you combine rocket scientists, Nobel laureates, and a passive investment philosophy? Stellar performance.

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Absolute Return? Absolute Nonsense.

The Oregonian’s Brent Hunsberger pulls back the curtain on many alternative investments and finds most don’t live up to the hype.

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Index Funds: “Anything Less Violates An Ethical Duty”

The New York Times’ Ron Lieber explains why 401(k) participants should demand employers offer index funds in their company retirement plan.

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Travels in Four-Packistan

Investment advisor Michael Edesess offers a parable on luck vs. skill in investment manager performance.

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Behavioral Problems of Adhering to a Decision Policy

University of Oregon psychologist and behavioral economist, Paul Slovic, offers valuable insight into the effects of investor psychology on investment performance.

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