Curious Investor Behaviour

Reflections on Investment

Solving the Retirement Riddle
The risk of running out of money in retirement is one of our greatest investment concerns. While...
No Pain, No Gain
At the core of Platinum’s investment approach is a desire to go against the crowd, as we believe...
Our Own Worst Enemies
How does investor behaviour impact the performance of asset management businesses and how does...
Beware of the Trifecta of Desire
Douglas Isles, Investment Specialist, presented for the second consecutive year at the Portfolio...
'Buy Low Sell High' Sounds Simple, But Investors Need a Framework
Douglas Isles, one of Platinum's Investment Specialists, presents at the Portfolio Construction...
Loss Aversion, 'FoMo', Anxiety and Mistiming
Douglas Isles discusses four common behavioural problems that make the journey of investing...
A Framework for Dealing with Change
Human beings are generally metathesiophobic, i.e. we have an intrinsic fear for change...
What is on Our Clients’ Minds, and How We Play Tricks on Ourselves
We conducted a survey to find out what was on our clients’ minds. But there was a twist...