The importance of low fees when investing
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by The Escape Artist
19h ago
I did a webinar this week with a group of health professionals on how to invest with index funds. I wasn’t paid to do this…I did it as a favour to the organiser (one of my coaching clients) to help her clients. One of the good things about these DIY investing sessions is the gasps ..read more
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The 3 Legs of The Stool are Wealth, Health and Relationships
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by The Escape Artist
1M ago
In case you had not already guessed, these articles are NOT written by ChatGPT. Artificial Intelligence works best where you can quickly scrape the internet for concensus-based information, where there is a right or wrong answer and facts that most experts can converge and agree upon. AI does not work so well for stuff where ..read more
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If more people did money like they play Monopoly, they’d be a lot better off
The Escape Artist
by The Escape Artist
3M ago
Consider the following: Nobody ever went to Monopoly Business School and yet on some level everyone knows how to win at Monopoly. For those who’d like a quick reminder, here’s how you win at Monopoly: Similarly, we could say that everyone knows (on some level) what they should do to get rich(er). It’s just that ..read more
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Why do so many people hate their jobs?
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by The Escape Artist
4M ago
Last week, I said that bio-chemistry is upstream of everything. By this I meant that bio-chemistry is upstream of your success in life including promotions and career change…both of which can seem scary but which are easier when you are full of energy and confidence. Your bio-chemistry dictates your health, your energy levels and your ..read more
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How would you even know what high dopamine feels like?
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by The Escape Artist
4M ago
Someone smart once said that “politics is downstream of culture”. Observe the amount of effort deployed by people fighting The Culture Wars. Media armies and their online footsoldiers battle every day on Twitter for control of The Narrative. If “your team” wins The Culture War, political power follows. That’s the theory anyway. Thus politics can ..read more
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It’s as simple to invest your own portfolio as it is to run an online bank account
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by The Escape Artist
4M ago
One of the questions that I often get asked by prospective financial coaching clients is: “Do you think you’d be able to teach me how to manage my own portfolio” The answer is always yes. I have NEVER met anyone who said that they were incapable of running their own online bank account. I never met anyone ..read more
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What can you do for someone who is already a sensible saver?
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by The Escape Artist
5M ago
Ian had a good-ish job, his spending nailed down and he invested each month into Vanguard tracker funds. But something was wrong. Ian had Type 2 diabetes and I knew it could be cured. Behold the following graphic which represents the concept of The Prison Camp: Did you think that it was just a co-incidence ..read more
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Geographic Arbitrage: Welcome to Portugal
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by The Escape Artist
6M ago
The purpose of money is to get you the lifestyle that you want and improve your quality of life. If you get rich but never use your money for this purpose, it’s like saving your fire extinguisher when your house is burning down…it’s just hoarding. Geographic Arbitrage is moving to a lower cost of living ..read more
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The Aggregation of Marginal Gains
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by The Escape Artist
8M ago
First published 2015, updated in 2023 If you grew up in Britain in the 80s, you’d know that back then cycling was about as popular as leprosy. Cycling was for kids, the French and people that couldn’t afford a car. Back then, the idea of a British team winning the Tour de France or dominating Olympic cycling seemed ..read more
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You can’t go wrong with property…or can you?
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by The Escape Artist
9M ago
You Can’t Go Wrong With Property …so went the boomer narrative for many years. It certainly had a good run for the 40 years from 1981 to 2021. Mortgage interest rates peaked at 17% in 1981 which was no fun for anyone (e.g. my parents) who had just stretched themselves on the housing ladder. Interest ..read more
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