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Fundamentals
7 articles
Do stop-losses actually work? What they protect and what they cost
A stop-loss is a good tool wearing a misleading name. It caps a trade, not a risk — and for long-term investors it usually sells the exact thing they should be holding.
How to write an investment thesis (in ten minutes, with a template)
A thesis isn't a research report. It's a short, falsifiable note to your future self — the only thing standing between you and a portfolio of positions nobody remembers buying.
Index funds vs individual stocks — how to actually decide
The honest framing isn't "which one wins." It's what each one costs you in attention, and whether you have evidence you can spend that attention well.
When should you sell a stock? The four honest reasons
Almost everyone has a buying process and no selling process. That asymmetry is where most of the damage happens — here are the only four reasons to sell that survive scrutiny.
Dollar-cost averaging vs lump sum — the honest answer
Lump sum wins more often on the math. Dollar-cost averaging wins more often in practice. Both statements are true, and the gap between them is the whole point.
How many stocks should you actually own?
The honest answer for most people is a number between 1 and 25, and which end you land on depends less on math than on how much attention you can genuinely give.
Time in the market vs timing the market — what the phrase actually means
"Time in the market beats timing the market" is repeated so often it has stopped meaning anything. Here's the real mechanism behind it, and the one case where it's misleading advice.
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