It’s late summer in San Diego and you’re spending the day at the Del Mar Racetrack. You’re not much of a gambler but the sun, the cocktails, and the excitement of the crowd puts you into the betting mood. Again,… Read More
How Does Money Move You?
Money is an emotional subject. Whether you are a saver, a spender, a conservative investor, or a resolute risk-taker, you feel something about your money. You may have felt nervous when the stock market dropped. Or you may have felt… Read More
ABC’s of Annuities
While we are not in the business of selling annuities, clients or prospective clients of AMM may have questions about these seemingly complex insurance products. Whether an annuity was inherited, purchased from a previous advisor, or otherwise acquired, common questions… Read More
Investing Lessons from John Glenn: How to Control Our Emotional State [Podcast]
When we panic we no longer think about the long-term. We make short-term emotional decisions that make us feel good immediately but can harm our long-term goals. Especially with investing. So how can we be like John Glenn who’s heart… Read More
Do You Want to be Team USA or Team USSR of Investing? [Video]
Who do you want to be, Team USA or Team USSR of investing? At the 1980 Lake Placid Winter Olympics, Team USA pulled off one of the greatest upsets in sports history because they cultivated luck against the dominant USSR… Read More
Invest Like Astronaut John Glenn
You’re sitting inside the cockpit of a converted ICBM missile about to be launched into space. The last 7 times NASA test launched this rocket it was a success, but the first 20 test launches had a 45% failure rate…. Read More
Are You a Better Investor Than a Pigeon? [Video]
Are you a better investor than a pigeon? We’re going to answer this question by examining a light guessing game and from there we’ll derive two main lessons for investing in the stock market.The game requires you and a pigeon… Read More
Holding Tight in a Loose Market
The average holding period — how long an individual investor owns a stock — has been in decline for decades. According to Reuters, the average holding period reached its lowest point this past summer. There are different ways of slicing… Read More
How to Win By Losing Less
It is hard to stay invested in a diversified portfolio when the S&P 500 is hitting new highs and your portfolio is not matching its returns. But you don’t have to keep up with the S&P 500. In this video,… Read More
Human or Pigeon, Which is the Better Long-Term Investor?
In Thinking, Fast and Slow we learn that we have two systems of thinking. System 1, a quick thinking system built on heuristics and patterns. System 2, which is our deeper thinking rational system. Because system 1 has to be… Read More