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PPP 4: Focus On the Big Picture

24/05/202104/01/2023 Haydn Martin 0 Comments Big picture, Information, Principles, Return

Focusing on details is largely a waste of time, in fact, it could be harmful. You don’t need to be the best – just don’t lose too badly.

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PPP 3: Limit Your Downside

29/03/202104/01/2023 Haydn Martin 0 Comments Bankruptcy risk, Downside, Principles, Upside

Think about return in terms of upside and downside, rather than probabilistic expected return. Limit your downside. Upside takes care of itself.

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PPP 2: Starting With Risk

03/12/202004/01/2023 Haydn Martin 0 Comments Bankruptcy risk, Fluctuation risk, History, Principles

Before you start worrying about returns, worry about risk. Focus on the potential downsides of your portfolio and the returns will take care of themselves.

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PPP 1: Thinking (Very) Long-Term

04/09/202004/01/2023 Haydn Martin 0 Comments Long-term, Principles, Second-order effects

Thinking very long term is very beneficial for a number of reasons. Here we explore those reasons.

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What is Lifetime Investing?

26/06/202002/01/2023 Haydn Martin 0 Comments Long-term, Principles

Lifetime investing is the act of investing over your whole lifetime, in perpetuity. Here we outline that basic idea in more detail.

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The Principles of Perpetual Prudence

19/06/202002/01/2023 Haydn Martin 0 Comments Big picture, Downside, Long-term

Here at Perpetual Prudence we rely on principles to guide our actions. What principles?

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Perpetual Prudence: The Solution to Lifetime Investing

13/06/202002/01/2023 Haydn Martin 2 Comments ETF, Principles

You should view investing as something that you do over your entire lifetime. How do you invest given this fact? Perpetual Prudence.

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