tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366878066073177705.post6688826405296355055..comments2024-02-09T18:16:45.614+00:00Comments on The Psy-Fi Blog: Be A Sceptical Economisttimarrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06254802085744425067noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366878066073177705.post-23968518532253452962010-03-25T11:19:24.997+00:002010-03-25T11:19:24.997+00:00"...confidence sells, humility works."
I..."...confidence sells, humility works."<br />I agree - great way to put it.<br />Sounds like a book title to me!Robert Wasilewskihttp://rwinvesting.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366878066073177705.post-39061289707425542482010-02-12T12:16:03.703+00:002010-02-12T12:16:03.703+00:00I'm sorry. That link worked in Preview but not...I'm sorry. That link worked in Preview but not in the published post. I'll just leave the URL of the article and you'll need to enter it into your address box to get to it:<br /><br />http://www.aiflp.org/pdfs/IntegrativeAdviserNo0203.pdf<br /><br />RobRob Bennetthttp://arichlife.passionsaving.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366878066073177705.post-42083202255091896862010-02-12T12:13:10.312+00:002010-02-12T12:13:10.312+00:00Of course, Rob.
If you are interested in this the...Of course, Rob.<br /><br />If you are interested in this theme, you might enjoy taking a look at an article I wrote on it for <i>The Integrative Adviser</i> (the journal for the Association of Integrative Financial and Life Planning) entitled "Humble Money Experts Are the Best Money Experts.":<br /><br /><a rel="nofollow">Humble Money Experts</a><br /><br />RobRob Bennetthttp://arichlife.passionsaving.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366878066073177705.post-64122284792214262512010-02-12T09:43:56.099+00:002010-02-12T09:43:56.099+00:00One of the big problems we have in this field is t...<i>One of the big problems we have in this field is that confidence sells. People want their investing experts to be very, very sure of themselves. The trouble is that, while confidence sells, humility works.</i><br /><br />That is excellent. Can I quote you?Rob Davieshttp://www.fundamentaltracker.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366878066073177705.post-46823600470319630182010-02-11T16:21:41.618+00:002010-02-11T16:21:41.618+00:00read everything – including The Psy-Fi Blog – with...<i>read everything – including The Psy-Fi Blog – with a skeptical mind.</i><br /><br />Precisely so.<br /><br />I advocate an investing strategy called "Valuation-Informed Indexing." One of the first articles I wrote for my site was entitled "The Case AGAINST Valuation-Informed Indexing." I was able to come up with 20 arguments!<br /><br />One of the big problems we have in this field is that confidence sells. People want their investing experts to be very, very sure of themselves. The trouble is that, while confidence sells, humility <i>works.</i><br /><br />You can have what sells (what makes you feel good) or you can have what works (what puts money in your pocket over the long term). You cannot have both in the same package. It's the ones who are able to say the sorts of words quoted above that people should be listening to.<br /><br />RobRob Bennetthttp://arichlife.passionsaving.comnoreply@blogger.com