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10 Biggest Ideas in “How NOT to Invest”

Barry Ritholtz

The challenge in writing How NOT to Invest was organizing a large number of ideas, many of which were only loosely connected, into something coherent, understandable, and, most importantly, readable. Bad Numbers : 4. We evolved in an arithmetic world, so we are unprepared for the exponential math of finance. It is March 18th!

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Confessions of an FP&A-holic: 7 Lessons I Wish I Knew Earlier

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Yes, I said that, I am addicted to financial planning and analysis. After 15+ years in Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), Ive learned some hard truths things I wish someone had told me earlier in my career. My name is Anna, and I am an FP&A-holic. Indeed, FP&A guys are good candidates to fall into this trap.

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Members’ Profile: Rofhiwa Irene Singo

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However, my commerce teacher noticed my aptitude for math and saw potential in me for a different path. This early encouragement played a key role in shaping my future, as it introduced me to the world of business and numbers. My interest in finance began unexpectedly in high school.

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Avoid the Unforced Investment Errors Even Billionaires Make

Barry Ritholtz

It doesnt matter if it is Nvidia, Bitcoin, founders stock, or an employee stock option purchase plan (ESOP), sometimes the sheer size of a windfall is paralyzing. These two possibilities a 10-fold increase versus a 90% drop are roughly symmetrical in terms of math (but probably not probabilities).

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The Art of Financial Project Evaluation: What Makes a Project Successful?

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Yet the real challenge is that most financial evaluations dont fail because of bad math’sthey fail because they miss the bigger picture. Too often, project evaluation is treated as a box-ticking exercise: plug in some numbers, check a few ratios, and make a call. Its Not Just About the Numbers Yes, the basics still matter.

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Transcript: Velina Peneva, Swiss Re Chief Investment Officer

The Big Picture

What were the original career plans? So I arrived at Wellesley with the plan to do pre-med. I took a lot of math classes. I couldn’t give up math in computer science. Very unusual number of years in a row. I had no idea private equity was putting up those sort of numbers back then. at Wellesley.

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Q&A: Your Money Map

Barry Ritholtz

This is more than overconfidence, the DKE is how poorly we are at metacognition assessing our own abilities at a specific task Look at the history of performance and the small number of professional investors who outperform their benchmarks over 1, 5, 10, and 20 years. What are some examples of bad numbers?