When it comes to money, many don’t cater enough margin of safety. Just like buying travel insurance before a holiday, or having a wet-weather plan for an outdoor event, your financial plan should have some contingencies and room for unforeseen circumstances.

$10,000 invested into diversified stocks in 1928 would have grown to more than $118 million today. Market crises and economic fluctuations may appear large and insurmountable as we are going through it but in the grand scheme of things, it is just like a drop of water in the ocean.

A study found that 70% of families lose all of their wealth by the second generation, with that number increasing to 90% the third generation. There are many books or strategies written teaching you how to get rich, but how do you actually protect your riches when you get to where you want to be?

Ronald Read died at age 92 with assets over US$8M. Having worked as a gas station attendant for over 20 years and later swept floors at a department store, many were shocked at his accumulated wealth. There is no other industry in the world besides investing where an inexperienced person is able to get a leg up on the best and brightest. Why is this so?

With the swings of the market this year having people go from euphoria to depression, it is likely that investors are itching to change their investments or strategies responsively, and perhaps they’ve already done so. But more action doesn’t always mean more returns.

It has been 14 years since the last significant market sell-off and now we are here again!

Many investors worry that the present market environment of rising interest rates will decrease equity valuations and therefore lead to relatively poor equity market performance over the next year or more. From a theoretical perspective, how do these rate hikes affect the market?

At the time of writing, we’re looking at a sell-off of-22.8% in global equity markets; if you are invested in the right asset classes, with proper risk and portfolio management, the forward returns could be tremendous.

Research shows that using famous people for marketing campaigns works wonders, but the collapse of celebrity endorsed investments such as cryptocurrencies and NFTs has lost many people money. How do you sift through the noise for good investment advice?

It would be hard not to take notice of the stock markets this year. The last time both stocks and bonds suffered double-digit losses was 1973. Granted, it was a different time back then, but what can we expect going forwards?

Most people assume that to do well or get ahead in investing, you would need to have extreme intelligence or skills to do so. But not really, you just need to be normal.

An old joke goes - a statistician is a person who lays with his head in an oven and his feet in a freezer happily proclaiming “On average, I feel comfortable.”

Taking that example into the investment world, averages seldom reflect actual investor experience.

Lately, financial media have been pushing out opinions from billionaires, banks, investment managers and just about anybody who wants to appear smart, on the breadth, depth and scope of the “upcoming recession”. So what does all of this mean to you and your money?

Whether it is tomorrow or 5 years from now, if you are investing in a way that enables you to capture all available market returns without having to make forecasts, then the threat of a looming recession or job losses or wage decreases or a whole bevy of other worries should not sidetrack you.

Many people would say stocks are risky. However, if properly diversified, risks can be reduced substantially and the probability of stocks giving you gains is as close as guaranteed as your time horizon increases.

Research shows us that the most common outcomes when it comes to investing are either losing everything or multiplying your capital by 9 times. How can we make sure to end up with the latter outcome?

When people think about impending recessions and its effects on the markets, the response is rarely a positive one. But can data provide a case for the silver lining of recessions?

Everyone knows about Warren Buffett as an excellent investor and probably you do too. But if all you’re trying to do is to mimic his investment process, then you are missing the forest for the trees.