Christopher O'LearyWhy you should avoid the most popular fundsA regular ritual of financial media and investment platforms is to list the best-selling funds each month and every year; I think they…5 min read·Apr 6, 2021----
Christopher O'LearyThe FIRE Movement (Financial Independent and Retire Early) is a Pyramid SchemeAs someone who drank the Kool Aid, I saved religiously, invested periodically into index funds and lived frugally. I ticked every box of…5 min read·Jan 23, 2021----
Christopher O'LearyWhy you won’t become the next Warren BuffettThe stock market is at record highs, everybody is making money, investing is easy — I hate to be the Grinch, but it shouldn’t be this way.5 min read·Dec 30, 2020----
Christopher O'LearyWhy an incessant focus on valuation multiples guarantees subpar returnsI have lost count of the amount of times pundits have dismissed US markets, citing lofty valuations — they subsequently recommend…5 min read·Dec 19, 2020----
Christopher O'LearyWhat if you purchased the largest companies by market cap over each decade?On the surface investing looks seductively easy, with legendary investors like Warren Buffett telling us to just buy good companies; it is…4 min read·Nov 23, 2020----
Christopher O'LearyDoes Fundsmith Equity Fund’s success sows the seeds of its own destruction?Terry Smith recently released a new book to mark the tenth anniversary since the launch of his flagship ‘Fundsmith Equity Fund’. Titled…5 min read·Nov 10, 2020----
Christopher O'LearyReview of ‘The Psychology of Money’ by Morgan HouselThe Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel is comfortably the best personal finance and investing book I’ve read. Morgan Housel is a partner…9 min read·Oct 29, 2020--1--1
Christopher O'LearyThree Investment Myths DebunkedMy political party is best for the stock market4 min read·Oct 8, 2020----
Christopher O'LearyIs the Nasdaq 100 another Dot-Com Bubble?The outperformance of the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 (NDX) since the financial crisis has prompted a bevy of comparisons to the infamous…3 min read·Sep 19, 2020----
Christopher O'LearyBuy FAANG stocks at your own peril“The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” — Albert Einstein5 min read·Aug 31, 2020----