Jul 2, 2025 Let’s cut right to the chase. Trump drops a bombshell tariff announcement—mentioning 30, 40, 50% levels that rattle markets. Countries sweat. Investors panic. Then, in classic Trump form, grace periods appear, rates get delayed, enforcement gets softened. In the end, we’re looking at a 10% slapped on everything—universal, deep, and broad. It … Read more
The Silicon Prophet’s Trap Will a robo-advisor reinforce your worst habits? The question cuts deeper than most investors realize. We’ve handed our financial futures to algorithms that learned from the same flawed human decisions we’re trying to escape. Even algorithms have blind spots, and some of them are catastrophically large. AI financial advisors don’t eliminate … Read more
The Midnight Promise That Empties Your Account Jun 27, 2025 “Turn $100 into $10,000 by tomorrow morning!” The Discord notification hits at 11:47 PM. Your heart rate spikes. The message includes screenshots of massive gains, testimonials from “successful traders,” and a ticking countdown timer. Only 13 spots left. The group admin swears this is the … Read more
Why Do Crypto Investors Panic Sell on Bad News? May 19, 2021. 2:47 AM. Elon Musk tweets a broken heart emoji and a Bitcoin symbol. Within four hours, $365 billion vanishes from the crypto market. Leveraged positions liquidate in cascading waves. Discord servers fill with digital screams. A single tweet from a billionaire with a … Read more
What Cognitive Biases Affect Cryptocurrency Investing? In January 2021, a joke cryptocurrency featuring a Shiba Inu meme surged 800% in 24 hours. Dogecoin, created as satire, had become a $9 billion asset because Elon Musk tweeted about it. Taxi drivers were mortgaging houses to buy digital dog money. Investment clubs formed on TikTok. The Financial … Read more
What Traits Do Successful Contrarian Investors Share? Jun 26, 2025 “The time to buy is when there’s blood in the streets, even if the blood is your own.” Baron Rothschild’s words cut through centuries of market noise like a blade through silk. They reveal the fundamental truth about contrarian investing: success demands thinking differently when … Read more
The Momentum Mirage: Why Trend-Followers Win Today, Lose Tomorrow Jun 25, 2025 Trend-followers win today, losers tomorrow. That’s the brutal mathematics of momentum investing—buying what’s been rising because it’s been rising. The strategy feels bulletproof during bull runs, when every chart points skyward and every guru preaches the gospel of “let winners run.” But momentum … Read more
When Smart Money Goes Stupid: The Boardroom Echo Chamber Jun 25, 2025 August 2007. Every major investment bank had analysts singing hymns about mortgage-backed securities. Goldman, Morgan Stanley, Lehman—their research departments pumped out buy ratings on financial stocks even as subprime mortgages rotted in their portfolios. These weren’t retail day-traders chasing hot tips. These were … Read more
When Zombies Panic, Become a Hunter: The Contrarian’s Guide to Market Madness June 25, 2025 Warren Buffett said it best: “Be fearful when others are greedy and greedy when others are fearful.” Simple words that most investors quote religiously, then promptly ignore when markets start doing their wild dance. The contrarian’s logic cuts against human … Read more
Understanding Market Cycles: Fight the Madness, Focus on the Light June 24, 2025 Introduction: The Madness Isn’t New—It’s the Pattern Civilisations rise. Civilisations fall. Always have. The edges fray before the centre caves in. Rage overtakes reason. Disagreement calcifies into tribal war cries. Then, eventually, everyone looks around and pretends they didn’t see it coming. … Read more
