Charlie Munger’s speech “Academic Economics: Strengths and Faults After Considering Interdisciplinary Needs” at Herb Kay Undergraduate Lecture in 2003 gives me insights into how he thinks and what investors should learn. Fatal unconnectedness, leading to ‘man with a hammer syndrome,’ often causing overweighting what can be counted Munger’s first objection to economics is that it […]
In tennis, winners in amateur level competitions are often those that make the least number of unforced errors. The same can be said with investing. The number of mistakes you make (and the losses on each of them) determines your long-term return more than how much you make when you win. There are two […]
There is a story where a toll bridge at Delhi is always congested during rush hour. Therefore, the officials decided to keep it toll-free between 8 to 10 am and 5 to 7 pm to ease the traffic. What they didn’t expect is drivers arriving 30 mins before the toll-free period started queuing up in […]
Failure to execute, or knowing what we should do yet fail to do so is one of the biggest challenges for long-term investors. We all have our fair share of regretful experience doing things as a result of short-term temptation. How can we have more self-control? These are the two ways that might work for […]