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Property Investing And The Advantages of an Illiquid Asset

Real estate is a great way to build wealth, and owning property has made a lot of people a lot of money over the years. However, equity investing has yielded similar, if not better results

Mohnish Pabrai: The Most Common Mistake Investors Make

April 8, 2019April 8, 2019 General Investing, Investing

Mohnish Pabrai is widely considered to be one of the best value investors managing money today. He runs the Pabrai Investment Funds, a group of hedge funds modelled on Buffett’s original partnerships. Returns since inception

Extract From The Upcoming Hidden Value Stocks Q1 2019 Issue

March 27, 2019March 27, 2019 General Investing, Investing, Investment Ideas

An extract from the Q1 2019 issue of Hidden Value Stocks. The issue features two interviews with emerging hedge fund managers, Gate City Capital Management and Breach Inlet. This is an extract from the interview

Lessons From The Collapse of Flybe

February 5, 2019February 5, 2019 General Investing, Managing Your Money investing

There are only two things investors can control when it comes to investing in the public equity markets. Firstly, the price paid for the security you have decided to include in your portfolio and secondly,

Using The Kelly Criterion In Investing

March 16, 2018March 16, 2018 Uncategorized Kelly Criterion

The Kelly Criterion is a tool you can use to help decide how much weight you should give each position in a portfolio. Invented by John Kelly, who was originally employed at Bell Labs, the

How To Construct A Personal Budget

February 15, 2017November 9, 2017 Budgeting, Managing Your Money, Y-Money budgeting, Managing your money, y-money

Have you been struggling with the design of your personal budget? People today seem to use such complicated budgets to stay ahead of their finances. Some of these look like the plans for a mission

How to Avoid Those Nasty Credit Card Bills

February 8, 2017November 11, 2017 Managing Your Money, Money Tips, Y-Money credit cards, Managing your money, Money Tips, y-money

So, you just got yourself a new credit card. You’ve probably heard the horror stories that accompany the word. The word on the streets is if you own and use a credit card, you’re going

6 Tips To Help You Save And Budget

February 3, 2017November 11, 2017 Budgeting, Managing Your Money, Money Tips, Y-Money budgeting, Managing your money, saving, y-money

Nobody likes the word budget. No one wants to limit what they do. But with a few simple steps, you can make your money life less stressful and still do the things you enjoy. With

Compound Interest: The Eighth Wonder Of The World

February 2, 2017November 11, 2017 Managing Your Money, Money Tips, Saving, Y-Money Compound Interest, Managing your money, Savings

Albert Einstein came up with a lot of good stuff in his day, but one of his best quotes is “Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world”. To be sure Einstein didn’t invent

The Importance Of ROIC

December 28, 2016February 7, 2017 Investing

Over the long-term, an investor’s primary focus should be value creation, how much value has been and will be created with the funds invested in and deployed by the selected company. This applies to both