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Musings 4/10
Nobody Nobody knows. The simplest, truest, only fact about the future. Act accordingly? Imagine if... ...you physically couldn't think about the future or past. What then? How much more of the present would be apparent to you? That's what you're missing out on...
Doomongery
Doom mongers are two a penny they always have been and always will. In inflationary times they now seem to be four a penny – just about the only thing you get more of! The thing about the doom-mongers is that they are, on average, wrong. The evidence is simple – the...
ICM: Notes from the 19 September meeting
The TCFP investment committee met on 19 September to discuss the current economic, political and investment environment. As a result of our meeting the TCFP Model Portfolio will be changed as described below. Here are brief notes of our discussion: Politics Not...
Musings 20/9
Approval Self-esteem and validation are two ends of the same stick called "approval". Be careful which you seek. Seeking validation (approval by others) runs the risk of losing your self-esteem (approving of yourself). Only you can give your self-esteem...
Perspective
Rupert Spira: The world is not what we see; it is the way we see it. Morgan Housel: The world appears in accordance with the point of view we bring to it. We filter everything we see; we change, tweak and blur it. It is no longer the truth. It is the same for...
Good reads 09/23
Three things I enjoyed reading and I'm sure you will too: Ben Carlson - One Year Returns Don't Matter: The only benchmark that matters is you being on track. What happens over 12 months is irrelevant to that. Tim Harford - The eternal Google search for truth: You want...
TCFP100: Sarah
Last week Sarah completed 10 years working alongside me. Thanks to her efforts, ethics, care and attention TCFP is a successful business and a great place to work. Chance brought us together – one of those moments of pure luck that are so often overlooked. Although...
TCFP99: The Only Benchmark That Matters
In financial planning, there is only one benchmark that matters - are you on course to be able to live the life you want, without fear of ever running out of money and becoming a burden on others. That's it, that's the benchmark. All other benchmarks are redundant or...
Musings 6/9
How about..... Nothing outside... Want something to change in your life? It can only possibly happen inside you. So, stop looking outside for answers. We are… ....yet to become what we are meant to be. Applies to me. Applies to you. Boring But Effective |...
Low-Risk Does Not Exist
Nothing is either low or high risk in isolation It requires a human to make it more or less risky. A pencil, on the face of it, is very low risk. A trained assassin could use it to finish you off in seconds. It is the same with investments supposedly “low risk”...
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