{"id":622,"date":"2016-06-17T12:30:12","date_gmt":"2016-06-17T19:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chaltenadvisors.com\/blog\/?p=622"},"modified":"2016-06-17T12:30:12","modified_gmt":"2016-06-17T19:30:12","slug":"what-makes-you-itch-weekend-reading-worth-jumping-into-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chaltenadvisors.ca\/blog\/what-makes-you-itch-weekend-reading-worth-jumping-into-12\/","title":{"rendered":"What makes you itch? Weekend reading worth jumping into."},"content":{"rendered":"

Stoicism –\u00a0\u201cImagine smiling after a slap in the face. Then think of doing it twenty-four hours a day.\u201d \u00a0– Markus Zusak, The Book Thief<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Go<\/a><\/p>\n

We love to read and share \u2013 here\u2019s some notable things from the last week covering investing, financial planning and happiness.<\/p>\n

Investing<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

10 Things I Believe About Investing<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0– “4. I believe self control can make you far more money than just about any other trait as an investor.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Explaining Investing In Ways That Make Sense<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0– “Asset management is like politics. Just as much, if not more, effort is spent fundraising than for actually working for clients\/constituents.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Buffett\u2019s Advice Widely Respected, Seldom Followed<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0–\u00a0“knowledge is the armor that can protect you from making bad decisions”<\/em><\/p>\n

Polling financial literacy: results both encouraging and worrisome<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0– “investors still need to take responsibility to increase their own awareness and to educate themselves”<\/em><\/p>\n

Who wouldn\u2019t like to see Ricky Gervais starring in \u201cThe Investment Advisor\u201d?<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0–\u00a0“a satirical poke at the investment industry which is pretty spot on target”\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Historical Returns Versus Investor Returns<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0–\u00a0“returns are always easier looking in the rear-view mirror than they were at the time”\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Investors have a powerful friend but study shows they also have 2 fairly formidable enemies<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0–\u00a0\u201cCompound interest is the eighth wonder of the world. He who understands it, earns it \u2026 he who doesn\u2019t \u2026 pays it.\u201d – Einstein<\/em><\/p>\n

How to win at investing \u2014 Video 1\/10<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0– “By refusing to speculate, by investing instead in a broadly diversified portfolio of low-cost index funds, and simply staying the course, a typical investor can ensure that he or she will end up, after costs, as one of the winners.”<\/em><\/p>\n

How to win at investing \u2014 Video 2\/10<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0–\u00a0“the crucial importance of fees and charges”\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

How to win at investing \u2014 Video 3\/10<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0– “Last time we looked at the damaging effect of compounded fees and charges on investment returns. Part 3 examines the performance that actively managed mutual funds typically deliver.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Financial Planning<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

What our fathers taught us about money<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0– “Here are the best bits of advice MoneySense staffers\u2019 dads have shared with them.”<\/em><\/p>\n

How to Create a Savings Habit for Your Kids<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>–\u00a0“Many of the traits that make us successful as adults were learned as children”\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

How the wealthiest got rich may surprise you<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>–\u00a0“disciplined planning, regular rebalancing, making sure the portfolio is age-appropriate”\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

How Money Destroys Relationships<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0–\u00a0“people who see money as it is\u2014a lifeless but effective tool\u2014typically end up managing it better”<\/em><\/p>\n

Happiness<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Happiness is the only logical pursuit<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>–\u00a0<\/strong>“by simply pausing before each major life decision and comparing it to our\u00a0real goal of a happy, satisfying life, we\u00a0can keep the ship moving in a better direction and thus get more from life”<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Stoicism –\u00a0\u201cImagine smiling after a slap in the face. Then think of doing it twenty-four hours a day.\u201d \u00a0– Markus Zusak, The Book Thief We love to read and share \u2013 here\u2019s some notable things from the last week covering investing, financial planning and happiness. Investing 10 Things I Believe About Investing\u00a0– “4. I believe […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,10,19,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-posts","category-evidence-based-approach","category-financial-planning","category-weekend-reading"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chaltenadvisors.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chaltenadvisors.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chaltenadvisors.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chaltenadvisors.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chaltenadvisors.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=622"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/chaltenadvisors.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":623,"href":"https:\/\/chaltenadvisors.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622\/revisions\/623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chaltenadvisors.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chaltenadvisors.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chaltenadvisors.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}