In the ever-evolving world of finance, the adage “the more you know, the more you realize you don’t know” rings particularly true. After nearly two decades of running quant models,…
Tag: Key Lessons
Four Lessons from Guy Spier
By Jack Forehand, CFA, CFP® (@practicalquant) — We were very fortunate to be able to interview Guy Spier on our Excess Returns podcast last week. If you haven’t watched the interview yet, I…
Lessons From Our First Year of Podcasting (Ep. 58)
We have reached the one year anniversary of the podcast so we wanted to take a break from our regular investing episodes for a week and reflect back on our…
Excess Returns, Ep. 34: The Danger of Learning From Your Mistakes
The process of learning from your mistakes is an important part of improving yourself over time both as an investor and as a person. But it requires that you learn…
Words of Wisdom from Byron Wein
When asked to share what he had learned over his first 80 years while addressing an investment conference back in 2013, Blackstone’s Byron Wein shared valuable insights on business and…