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Investment Bias: Framing

Framing effect is the use of language to frame a question in a positive or negative way. Stating the same question with the right spin allows the inquirer to impart some direction on the inquired. A great example of this:

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Investment Bias: Recency

It’s no secret that investors tend to chase investment performance, in fact most mutual funds and investment companies count on it. Flows into mutual funds are highly correlated to the funds performance in the prior four quarters. Thus, investors piling

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Investment Bias: Illusion of Control

Illusion of Control is the deeply held belief that we can control the otherwise uncontrollable. It is the same behavior that a person shooting dice might exhibit. They will throw it harder, blow on the dice, hand them to a

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Investment Bias: Mental Accounting

Mental accounting occurs when a person views various sources of money as being different from others. This looks different for different people, but a few examples are money earned at a job may be viewed differently than money from an

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Investing 101
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Peter Locke

Investing 101

If you’re lucky enough to have previously started investing in your teens consider yourself way ahead of the curve. For the majority of people Investing 101 is for you. Most of us start investing in our mid to late 20s,

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saving automation
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Peter Locke

Saving Automation 101: Routine, habitual, saving

At the foundation of any planning conversation is saving and saving automation can help make that easier and promote good money habits. Those that start saving early and do it throughout their entire working days are setting themselves up for

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Basic knowledge of stocks?

Unfortunately stocks aren’t basic, and they are the single most important and predictable way to expand your net worth. So here is our take: We are fundamental investors, we believe that to determine the value of something you have to

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Best way to get out of debt?

We get it, debt is tough.  We recommend being aggressive and process oriented with the below steps. Step 1: Is it accretive or erosive? Is it something that is helping you grow your net worth or is it hurting your

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combining my 401(k)s
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Peter Locke

Combining my 401(k)s

Have you wondered, should I be Combining my 401(k)s? your not alone and we have written the below guide to whether or not its going to be right for you and your strategy. After a decade working with clients the

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