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I had two conversations this week with listeners who had built meaningful wealth and believed strongly in keeping their investments simple. Both were dealing with a problem that a basic portfolio could not completely solve.
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I had two conversations this week with listeners who had built meaningful wealth and believed strongly in keeping their investments simple. Both were dealing with a problem that a basic portfolio could not completely solve.
Low-cost, broadly diversified portfolios are now available to nearly everyone. Yet investors still trade aggressively, chase forecasts, and panic whenever uncertainty rises. If the technical solution has become so accessible, why is having a good investment experience still so difficult?
Early in your financial life, personal finance looks a lot like a curriculum.
Building a low-cost, diversified portfolio has never been easier. But easy access to good investments is not the same as knowing how to use them well.
When I bought my first home in 2010, I was dead set on having a big yard. I got what I wanted. I also got the work that came with it.
In this episode, I’m joined by Jack Raines, author of Young Money: A Field Guide to Finding Wealth and Purpose in Your Twenties, for a conversation about what happens when traditional financial advice focuses too heavily on accumulating money and not enough on using it well.
Welcome back. Today I want to talk about benchmarks—and why a perfectly sensible portfolio can feel like a failure when you measure it against the wrong thing.
In this episode, I’m joined by Dr. Elizabeth Dunn, a professor at the University of British Columbia and one of the world’s leading researchers on happiness.
Welcome back. Today we’re doing a midyear market check-in for long-term investors: what has happened so far in 2026, why markets have been stronger than many expected, and what investors should watch as we move through the second half of the year.
Financial literacy is rarely taught, but it touches almost every major decision we make. In this episode of The Long Term Investor, I’m joined by Haley Sacks, better known as Mrs. Dow Jones, to talk about overcoming money shame, increasing your earning potential, spending with intention, and investing for long-term freedom.
After markets move, the explanation often arrives with confidence.
In this episode, I’m joined by Cameron Passmore, co-host of The Rational Reminder and a leader at PWL Capital, for a conversation about what financial advice should look like once the portfolio problem has largely been solved.
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An on-ramp for new listeners — Peter's philosophy plus the greatest guest conversations.
How does an award-winning Chief Investment Officer invest his own assets? In this episode, Peter shares how he handles his own assets, liabilities, and spending habits.
How does an award-winning Chief Investment Officer invest his own assets? In this episode, Peter shares how he handles his own assets, liabilities, and spending habits.
One of the trickiest things about personal finance is the sheer number of choices. It doesn’t matter the details of your specific situation – we all face countless decisions and each option comes with a lot of underlying complexity.
In the second installment of a three-part series, Peter walks through the investing chapters of Making Money Simple: The Complete Guide To Getting Your Financial House in Order and Keeping It That Way Forever.
In the final installment of a three part series, Peter walks through the third section of Making Money Simple: The Complete Guide To Getting Your Financial House in Order and Keeping It That Way Forever.
In 2020, the global stock market had 155.7 million trades per day worth $554.6 billion dollars.
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