Of whatsnexters, horoscopes and personal experiences

Can Stock Market Forecasters Forecast?

It’s time we stopped listening to the “whatsnexters.” These folks are everywhere in the financial media pontificating confidently about what they can’t possibly know — what’s next for the economy or the stock market.

Read: Don’t let market pundits lead you astray

Good to Great

The story of success swarms statistics. And there’s always enough random success to justify almost anything to someone who wants to believe.

Read: Stories triumph Statistics

A case for rules-based investment methodology

Our personal experiences disproportionately impact our investing behavior. By simply repeating investing behaviors that resulted in good outcomes for us in the past, and avoiding those that resulted in poor outcomes, we’re potentially eliminating important information that could help future investment performance.

Read: Bad Investor Behavior: Overemphasizing Experience