When less is more: choice overload and the benefits of focus

Whenever I write about behavioural flaws, I usually get to rely on a legion of academic research papers to explain them. This time I’m starting with some first-hand experience.
Over the past several years (perhaps longer) I’ve been dealing with a prett…

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Building a StockRanks Portfolio – Webinar Transcript

This is a transcript of the “Building a StockRank Portfolio” Webinar.  This should not be read without reviewing the original slides downloadable from here, and while watching the video recording on Youtube.    
Hi and welcome to the webinar.  This is…

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FTSE 100 gets Trumped

"Smoke continues to linger across market sentiment following the smoke grenade President Trump launched over the weekend with the threat of …

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FTSE 100 tumbles as US indices take a bath

After slumping in the second half of the morning the FTSE 100 has largely traded sideways over the lunchtime session. The FTSE 100 was down 71 …

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Small Cap Report – BEG, SRG, STAF

A shorter report today, as I have to dash to the Begbies Traynor (LON:BEG) results presentation at the offices of MHP Communications, just behind Oxford Circus, so am bracing myself for the rush hour tube journey.
Begbies interim results are fairly sub…

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Coca-Cola’s Main Non-Soda Brands

Coca-Cola has turned to acquisitions for growth and diversification, becoming a nonalcoholic beverage conglomerate that now owns, licenses and markets more than 500 beverage brands.

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Why You Should be Using an Investing Checklist…

“The better decision maker has at his/her disposal repertoires of possible actions; checklists of things to think about before he acts; and he has mechanisms in his mind to…  bring these to his conscious attention” (Herbert Simon, Nobel Laureate)
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SIF Folio: Jim Slater tip puts Michelmersh Brick Holdings in focus

My Stock in Focus screen has not provided any new candidates for the SIF fund for four weeks. The good news is that despite this, I do have a new stock to consider this week.
For some time, I’ve believed that brickmakers could be a better way to profit…

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