By Jack Forehand, CFA (@practicalquant) Last week, Daniel Crosby, the author of the Behavioral Investor started a really interesting thread on Twitter that got me thinking about how I spend…
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The Lure of the Unsolvable Problem
By Jack Forehand, CFA (@practicalquant) — I was talking to someone recently who was exploring potential career options and they asked me a question that got me thinking. They wanted…
The Danger of Judging Decisions by Their Outcomes
Judging the quality of your decisions can be one of the most challenging aspects of investing. The process can seem simple on the surface because every investing decision you make…
Five More Questions: Value Investing with Tobias Carlisle
This is Part II of my interview with Tobias Carlisle of the Acquirer’s funds, which just released its first ETF, the Acquirer’s ETF (ZIG) earlier this year. In Part I,…
Five Questions: Defending Value Investing with Tobias Carlisle
As those who read my articles know, I am a big believer in value investing. But I also understand that as a follower of value, I am prone to focusing…
Five Questions: Investing in Human Freedom with Perth Tolle
The primary focus of most investors is generating returns. And that certainly makes sense given that we all have future goals we are trying to attain, and our portfolios are…
Some Lessons For My Former Investing Self
By Jack Forehand (@practicalquant) One of the most dangerous games we all can play in investing is the game of looking back and thinking about what we should have done.…
Trying to Put the Struggles of Value Investing in Context
By Jack Forehand, CFA (@practicalquant) — Value stocks have struggled for a long time now. Although the degree of underperformance can vary significantly based on the metric you use and…
Five More Questions: Factor Investing with Jim O’Shaughnessy
By Jack Forehand, CFA (@practicalquant) This is Part II of my interview with Jim O’Shaughnessy. If you missed Part I, you can find it here. In part II, we talk…
When the Best Investors Disagree
By Jack Forehand (@practicalquant) — Within the past year, I have been fortunate to interview some of the smartest minds that I know in investing for our Five Questions series.…