Investing, bias and timing
How and when you start investing shapes your beliefs about markets. The challenge is not letting one cycle define your worldview…
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Your money habits aren’t really yours, but they are yours to change
Financial success is about behaviour – and most money habits are inherited. Here’s how to spot yours and rebuild them…
Don’t dive at every penalty: the investing case for doing less
Telling investors to do nothing rarely works. A small, ringfenced ‘play pot’, bounded by rules, scratches the itch without damaging the core…
‘Overlanding Through the Boardroom’: why team selection matters
Johan de Villiers explains the psychology of sales, personality types and why team selection can make or break your business…
The great therapy rush and its casualties
Therapy has gone mainstream and so have the horror stories. Why so many are seeking help, firing therapists and sharing surprisingly wild experiences…
Why gambling hooks us: the science behind the urge
Gambling taps into our biology, allowing our Stone Age brains to be exploited by Digital Age predators…
Makate’s ‘Please call me’: when R47m isn’t enough
‘Please Call Me’ inventor Nkosana Kenneth Makate saw his R28bn hopes turn into a R13m bill – a sobering story of ambition and the…
The Art of Spending Money: Morgan Housel
A lot of spending makes no sense until you peel back the layers of someone’s personality to identify what they’re trying to accomplish.…
Two brains, one portfolio
The challenge in investing is that our quick and emotional brain often calls the shots, while the slower, more effortful (and wiser) system tends…
The power of simple money habits
Wealth isn’t built on luck or complex strategies. It comes from simple habits – spending wisely, paying yourself first and keeping investing simple…
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