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The 10 Pound Challenge

By On January 10, 2012 · 18 Comments

Tweet I’m excited to announce my participation in the 10 Pound Challenge. It’s all about losing your next 10 pounds, and at the end of a marathon holiday season the timing couldn’t be better for most of us. This creative idea by Newlyweds On A Budget uses modern social networks to connect participants in an online support group. [...]

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Market Timing And The Myth of Loss Aversion

By On May 18, 2011 · 36 Comments

Tweet I’m a subscriber to the Random Walk theory of stock market behavior by Burton G. Malkiel. This basically says that markets are efficient and it is impossible to predict future performance. Some people have a good stock picking track record, like Warren Buffet and Peter Lynch, but over the long-term not even the experts [...]

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