Charlie Munger on Incentive-Caused Bias: The Concept Every Investor Underestimates
byI used to keep a list of Charlie Munger’s 25 mental models taped to my desk like some kind of financial protective amulet. I…
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I used to keep a list of Charlie Munger’s 25 mental models taped to my desk like some kind of financial protective amulet. I…
I used to think Charlie Munger’s rants on incentives were just the folksy behavioral wisdom of a brilliant billionaire who liked giving commencement speeches….
I used to think that reading Charlie Munger’s behavioral checklists would save my portfolio from dumb decisions. Memorize the twenty-five cognitive biases. Run the…
If you log onto the internet today, the LinkedIn-peppy crowd will happily spoon-feed you the same tired, sanitized myth about Charlie Munger. They post…
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I used to think outperforming the market required a proprietary edge, access to complex alternatives, or sitting in front of a terminal all day….
I used to think value investing just meant buying cheap domestic stocks and waiting for the market to wake up. Then I started studying…
I’ve stared at my brokerage screen during a relentless rate-hiking cycle, watching the supposedly “safe” side of my portfolio bleed net asset value day…
To my eyes, the MAR Ratio—often called the Managed Account Ratio—cuts through the noise of traditional risk metrics by measuring what actually matters: survival….
I used to think holding traditional mining stocks was the only logical way to capture the upside of gold and silver. Then I actually…
Corporate governance used to sound like boardroom sleep-aid to me. I ignored it entirely. I just looked at the P/E ratio, maybe glanced at…
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I used to assume options were just leveraged lottery tickets for hyperactive day traders. I was wrong. When you actually get under the hood…