In my first investment company, we had a very complex structure with multiple layers of investors (five, to be exact), with various types of security and returns. I was excited about the business. I admired how complex it was and that we were able to manage everything. We patted ourselves on the back for being able to build such an interesting business case study…

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Author: Noah Murad

When we consider the concept of security in our investments, we tend to focus on all the things that can go wrong, regardless of their probability. We will pay our lawyers and advisors substantial costs to protect us from events that are unknowable and cannot be accurately predicted or protected against…

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Author: Jacob Murad

Everything that we're trying to do is driven by a goal or ambition of some sort. We have accepted that goal because we're reacting to something internally. Maybe it's to be the biggest or the best at one thing or another…

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Author: Noah Murad

The Abilene Paradox, developed by Jerry B Harvey in 1974, refers to a situation where organizational groups frequently take a series of actions contrary to what they actually want to do and consequently work against their ultimate goal…

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Author: Aaron Murad

Similar to everything else in life, most of the hurdles we face in pursuing a successful investment strategy come from within. This anecdote from Emmet Fox’s “The Mental Equivalent” illustrates this point quite well:

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Author: Jacob Murad

In Thinking Fast and Slow Kahneman explains that our mind is always lightening its workload by creating shortcuts. When confronted with a difficult question, we change the question subconsciously without realizing it.

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Author: Noah Murad

A good strategy to be successful in anything is to 1) recognize something that is undervalued and 2) show that value to others.

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Author: Noah Murad