Tim du Toit

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What does your investment check-list look like?

30th June 2011
I recently came across an article in The New Yorker magazine called The Checklist written by Atul Gawande a multi-talented surgeon who is also the author of a interesting book I am reading called Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science. ... Read >

How many times have you been burned by investment advice from friends and neighbors?

03rd June 2011
I recently came across an interesting academic research study called: Information Diffusion Effects in Individual Investors' Common Stock: Purchases Covet Thy Neighbors' Investment Choices [http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=997557] by ... Read >

The secret to limiting investment losses

13th May 2011
Limiting losses on your investments is one of the most important things you can do to increase your investment returns. It is so important that Warren Buffett called it the first and most important rule of investing. In this article I want to give you... Read >

13 Advantages of actively managing your money yourself

28th April 2011
You do not realize, but as a private investor managing your own money, you have an immense advantage over fund managers and professional portfolio managers due to factors you may not even be aware of. Sure it will take up some of your free time but it ... Read >

13 Advantages of actively managing your money yourself

28th April 2010
Most investors do not realise, but as a private investor managing your own money, you have got an immense advantage over a fund manager due to factors you may not even be aware of. Sure it will take up some of your free time but it will probably be on... Read >