Investing Psychology by Tim Richards: Why Your Brain Is Bad With Money
I just finished reading “Investing Psychology: The Effects of Behavioral Finance on Investment Choice and Bias” by Tim Richards. And I need to talk about it.
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It's a Wonderful Buy: Peter Lynch on Savings and Loans
Book: Beating the Street by Peter Lynch with John Rothchild | ISBN: 978-0-671-75915-5
Mention savings and loans in the early 1990s and people grabbed their wallets. The $500 billion bailout. 675 bankrupt institutions. 10,000 fraud cases pending with the FBI. The word “thrift” used to remind people of Jimmy Stewart in It’s a Wonderful Life. Now it reminded them of Charles Keating in handcuffs.
Real Estate by the Numbers: A Book Series That Changed How I Think About Investing
Book: Real Estate by the Numbers: A Complete Reference Guide to Deal Analysis Authors: J Scott and Dave Meyer ISBN: 9781947200210 (paperback) / 9781947200241 (ebook) Publisher: BiggerPockets Publishing, 2022
REIT Investing Book Review: Why This Passive Income Guide Caught My Attention
So I picked up this book called Real Estate Investment Trust Investing: The Secret to Passive Income from REITs by Mike Hartley (published 2023), and honestly? It changed how I think about building wealth through real estate.
Shortfall by Alice Echols: A Hidden History of American Banking
You know George Bailey, right? Jimmy Stewart in It’s a Wonderful Life. The small-town banker who gives away his honeymoon money to save his neighbors from financial ruin. The guy who runs a building and loan association and is basically the most decent person alive.
Systematic Fixed Income: Key Takeaways and Final Thoughts on Richardson's Book
Book: Systematic Fixed Income: An Investor’s Guide Author: Scott A. Richardson, Ph.D. ISBN: 9781119900139 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 2022
Systems Thinking for Social Change: Why Your Best Efforts Might Be Making Things Worse
You know that feeling when you try really hard to fix something and it just… stays broken? Or gets worse?
The Efficiency Paradox: Informed Traders (Chapter 10, Part 2)
The Predator’s Dilemma
In the second half of Chapter 10, Larry Harris explores the economics of being “smart.” If you’re an informed trader, your life is a constant battle against competition and the paradox of your own success.
The Oneida Nation: Governance and Membership Systems
This is post 15 of 23 in a series on Systems Thinking: Managing Chaos and Complexity by Jamshid Gharajedaghi (ISBN: 978-0-7506-7973-2).
Trading and Exchanges by Larry Harris - A Book Retelling Series
So I just finished reading “Trading and Exchanges: Market Microstructure for Practitioners” by Larry Harris. And I have thoughts.
This is one of those books that’s been sitting on finance reading lists for years. Published in 2003 by Oxford University Press (ISBN: 0-19-514470-8), it’s basically the textbook on how markets actually work. Not the “buy low sell high” stuff you see on social media. The real mechanics. How orders flow, why spreads exist, what dealers actually do, and why some traders consistently lose money to others.