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Trend Following is the GPS of Investing
In many areas of life, stories are king: sales, marketing, children’s bedtime routines, and raucous dinner parties. And analogies are a powerful ingredient of good stories.
On a recent family vacation, I discovered perhaps one of the best analogies for how trend following helps financial advisors.
Trend Following is the GPS of Investing
Predictions: The Ugly Sweater Of Financial Markets
January 8, 2025
In the financial markets, the equivalent to the ugly sweater party is the making of market predictions for the year ahead. Sure, it’s fun, they’re cute, and they grab attention. But ultimately, they are useless and thus a waste of time.
The Secret Ingredient To Managing Taxes
December 4, 2024
When it comes to designing portfolio management systems, we think plenty of asset managers and financial advisors think of the acronym as RRE, whereas we believe it has to be RRET: Return, Risk, Execution, AND Taxes.
Managing the Self-Destructive Behavior Of Clients
November 13, 2024
Financial advisors must manage client assets and client expectations. The latter can be the most difficult, but trend following can help.