Tagged "psychology"
9 articles on this topic.
The Emotional Cost of a Concentrated Position
Concentration is defensible on the arithmetic and expensive in ways the arithmetic does not capture.
August 8, 2026, 2 minWhy I Do Not Discuss My Positions Publicly
Stating a position out loud changes your relationship to it in a way that is measurable in your own subsequent decisions.
August 2, 2026, 2 minThe Case Against Checking Your Portfolio Daily
Daily checking produces no information and a measurable amount of distress. The arithmetic of why is more interesting than the advice.
July 13, 2026, 3 minHolding Through a Narrative Collapse
The story explaining why an asset matters can fail while the asset continues working. Separating the two is most of the job.
July 11, 2026, 2 minFOMO, FUD and Five Other Words That Cost People Money
Crypto vocabulary is unusually effective at shutting down thought. Seven terms, what each one actually does, and what it replaces.
June 21, 2026, 3 minThe Second-Order Effect of Telling People You Hold Something
Beyond the commitment problem, there is a subtler cost: you become the person they ask, and that changes what you read.
June 1, 2026, 2 minThe Psychology of Watching Your Portfolio Drop 60 Percent
A month-by-month account of what a deep drawdown actually does to your reasoning, and which parts of it are worth listening to.
May 16, 2026, 3 minRegret Minimisation as a Decision Framework
Asking which outcome I would regret more produces better decisions than asking which is more likely, because I am bad at probabilities and good at anticipating regret.
May 8, 2026, 2 minWhy Holding Is Harder Than Buying
Buying is a single decision. Holding is the same decision renewed every day for years, under conditions designed to make you renew it differently.
May 5, 2026, 3 min