Tag: finance
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Do you believe in opportunity costs/risk?
According to Merriam-Webster, opportunity cost is the added cost of using resources (as for production or speculative investment) that is the difference between the actual value resulting from such use and that of an alternative (as another use of the same resources or an investment of equal risk but greater return). Opportunity Cost = greater rate…
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Five Books That May be Ideal for the Self Directed Investor
Ubiquity – Why Catastrophes Happen by Mark Buchanan Beyond Greed and Fear – Understanding Behavioral Finance and the Psychology of Investing by Hersh Shefrin The Art of Contrary Thinking by Humphrey B. Neill Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman Nudge –…