"It's amazing how much you learn about your investing style when you actually go through this process," says Brian O'Haughnessy. "We test it. One of our things is yet tit sounds like a good idea, but as far as we know, we've got a big research graveyard." He adds that while his short term performance could go anywhere, he firmly believes if he sticks to the process for five, ten, 15, 20 years, he'll be delighted with his results.
Brian Feroldi is the author of the book “Why Does The Stock Market Go Up?: Everything You Should Have Been Taught About Investing In School, But Weren't”. His mission statement is “To Spread Financial Wellness”, and he does exactly that in this episode of Infinite Loops! You can connect with Brian on Twitter at https://twitter.com/BrianFeroldi and get his book from Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/Why-Does-Stock-Market-Everything/dp/1735066168/ Show Notes:
- Brian’s first exposure to the stock market
- The power of mission statements
- Personal finances over investments
- Paying off your mortgage early
- Finding high-quality companies
- (Business) Momentum investing
- Brian’s Investment Checklist
- Importance of narratives in investments strategies
- 99% of great investing is doing nothing
- On being wrong, and learning from mistakes
- DCA’ing into index funds
- Capitalism is brutal
- Knowing Tom Engle
Books Mentioned:
- Why Does The Stock Market Go Up?; by Brian Feroldi
- The Tao Jones Averages; Bennett W. Goodspeed
- How To Retire Rich; by Jim O'Shaughnessy
- The Intelligent Investor; by Benjamin Graham
- The Psychology of Money; Morgan Housel
- Just Keep Buying; Nick Maggiulli