Each month, we share our favourite reads, listens, and watches from across the World Wide Web. Below you will find recommendations from the last month.
The life you want probably requires you to say no to something you like (No sidebar)
Why imagining the worst can be for the best (Daniel Crosby Linkedin)
The technology of foolishness (Investment Masters Class)
Fighting the last war (Safal Niveshak)
We’re all gonna die (Nonmaterial substack)
Plus a shameless plug for five great new tools on the website, and an updated app:
Market timing calculator: The historical results of different investing strategies such as buy the dip, just keep investing, buy at the top, and more.
Shiller P/E calculator: Historical investment returns using various levels of price/earnings as a starting point.
NZ housing affordability calculator: How does today compare with the past in your region?
Lump sum or drip-feed calculator: Should you invest a lump sum all at once or spread it out? See how often each came out ahead since 1934, including at record highs and after big falls.
Market concentration calculator: how much of the market sits in its biggest companies, and what followed past peaks since 1926.
Your Money Blueprint app: 113 calculators that are free and no account needed and no ads. Nothing you enter leaves your phone either so your data is safe. Ranging from rental property to retirement to mortgages to FIRE to tax to car comparisons and much more. If you find them useful I would love if you could leave a review and let your friends know.