Cope’s rule states that organisms get bigger over time. But there are huge downsides to being big. There’s always a sweet spot in evolution.

When something becomes too big to manage, it can cause you to fail.

There are many things in finance that look smart and sound smart, and the numbers add up, but it's completely opposed to how the real world works.

Then there are many things that investors do that are not rational but is perfectly reasonable and ali...

The way to become a great investor is to maximize the amount of dollars you accumulate over the course of your life. Most of the time, it is not earning the highest returns.

For example:

• Warren Buffett is the wealthiest investor of all time

Buffett has a great quote on wealth where he says he wants to leave his kids enough money that they can do anything, but not so much money that they could do nothing.

Give children a safety net, but not fuel. Parents shouldn't give their children money just to make their life better. Childr...

Risk is just the odds that something will prevent you from achieving your goals. Everyone has very different goals and aspirations and time horizons, so everyone thinks about risk differently.

If your goals lie 50 years in the future, you probably wouldn't ...