Episode 9 – Dimensional’s Big Flaw

Key Points From This Episode:

• Being a poor grad student [0:01:48]

• Budgeting [0:04:07]

• Stuff does not make you happy [0:05:11]

• Mental overhead is a real cost [0:07:56]

• The Globe’s Financial Facelift disaster [0:09:10]

• Rob Arnott’s slam of Dimensional [0:12:29]

• Are people afraid of stocks? [0:12:29]

• The 10-year anniversary of Lehman’s fall [0:14:20]

• Stories from the financial crisis [0:14:20]

• Volatility in dollars vs. percentage points [0:19:51]

• Automated rebalancing [0:21:10]

• My uncle told me to buy weed stocks [0:29:32]

• What does a rational investor worry about? [0:30:07]

Links From Today’s Episode:

Rational Reminder on iTunes — https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-rational-reminder-podcast/id1426530582.

Rational Reminder Website — https://rationalreminder.ca/

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‘Stock Ownership (Barron’s)’ — The Rational Reminder Podcast Episode 9 – Dimensional’s Big Flaw – PWL Capital

‘Great savers, not so great at investing’ — https://www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/personal-finance/retirement/article-great-savers-not-so-great-at-investing/

‘Psychic Trauma’ — Psychic Trauma – The Reformed Broker

‘How the Financial Crisis Still Affects Investors’ — https://www.barrons.com/articles/how-the-financial-crisisstill-affects-investors-1536361852

The chart we talked about: