There are some key differences to be aware of when buying Japanese stocks. If you’re used to buying stocks in your own country, you’ll find that buying stocks in Japan works quite differently. Tickers Are Numbers, Not Letters. The first thing you’ll notice about Japanese stocks is that rather than catchy, easy to remember tickers…

I wish I was being hyperbolic with the title, but it’s a factual description — not click bait. LinkedIn has crossed the line — it’s not merely disrespectful of users, but downright antagonistic. Not merely apathetic towards them, but down-right disdainful. This is the only conclusion that I can come…

Human greed and the fear of missing out is easy to spot. When it comes to bubbles and similar mass hysterias, especially in financial markets, we are repeatedly told that “nobody could have known” and that predicting or recognizing that unsustainable and risky behavior is taking place is impossible —…

If you haven’t experienced the fear of missing out (aka, “FOMO”), you’ve probably never opened a brokerage account. The truth is, we’re all highly susceptible to this, especially early on. Fear of missing out is the first of the big two cardinal sins of investing — the other cardinal sin…

I am left astounded by the attitudes and world views that I hear expressed — not just by others around me, but, sometimes in hindsight, by my younger and more naive self. So much of it can only be characterized as astounding doses of equal parts ignorance and arrogance. I’d…

Banks and financial institutions are blowing up. Here’s what you need to know to protect yourself. — Credit Suisse is likely just the first in a line of banks and financial institutions which are blowing up as a result of huge margin calls. For almost two decades, central planners have kept rates artificially low — even going into negative territory in Europe and Japan, and Zero in…

And why you’d want to. — I made this saw. The blade too. In a time before mass manufacturing, craftsmen often made many — even most, of their own tools themselves, and exactly to suit their own, individual needs. This is a philosophy that I embrace — not just in my pursuit of nearly extinct arts…

You have an edge over retail and institutional investors alike. Strict adherents of the Efficient Market Hypothesis argue that individual investors cannot have an edge over the market. …

Are you too busy to work on your side hustle, or write your next article? Welcome aboard. The truth is, I don’t even have the time to write this article. Nor do I have time to pursue my other ambitions. …or, so I thought. It’s extremely frustrating to be bogged…