Daily Archives: July 16, 2016

Book Bits |16 July 2016

Heads I Win, Tails I Win:
Why Smart Investors Fail and How to Tilt the Odds in Your Favor

By Spencer Jakab
Summary via publisher (Portfolio)
According to Wall Street Journal investing colum­nist Spencer Jakab, most of us have no idea how much money we’re leaving on the table—or that the average saver doesn’t come anywhere close to earning the “average” returns touted in those glossy brochures. We’re handicapped not only by psychological biases and a fear of missing out, but by an industry with multimillion-dollar marketing budgets and an eye on its own bottom line, not yours.
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