The Internets, as former president George W. Bush likes to call it, loves Best Of Lists this time of year.
I’ve been writing on a weekly basis for many years now about financial markets, personal finance, and investor psychology, and it’s fun to look back and see which articles and blogs might have piqued readers’ curiosity the highest.
Of course, determining what is The Best is not really possible, as metrics like email open rates and social networking impressions and “likes” and “shares” don’t mean they had any real practical impact on a reader.
But one must start somewhere.
I will say that the most important way to let us know which ones impacted you the most are to do two things:
- First, email me (brandon@jwealthmgmt.com) and let me know what resonated.
- Second, share them with a friend or loved one, post it on your socials, and ask your contacts to sign up for our weekly newsletter.
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For now, here are the top three from 2025 and why I think they are still relevant:
WHEN YOU HEAR THE STOCK MARKET MIGHT GO DOWN: WISDOM FROM ONE OF THE WORLD'S BEST INVESTORS
That one has lasting impact because there are always headlines about why the stock market might go down. What I think about that article you saw and are going to see that you’re probably going to ask me about next year, is probably answered in what I—with the help of investment legend Peter Lynch—said there.
QUESTIONS ABOUT DEBT FOR THE SAKE OF LOVE
Managing money is a central part of relationships, and questions around debt must be talked about with those we love. Hopefully, those twenty or so questions help you and your family.
A FINANCIAL ADVISOR’S CONFESSIONS TODAY TO KEEP INVESTORS FROM POTENTIAL CONFESSIONS TOMORROW
This was written in the middle of the dramatic sell off earlier in the year. I hope what I wrote then may have helped keep you from making an investment mistake. Though the specifics of that drawdown will change, fear will return to stocks again sooner or later. Will you have a confession to make when it does?
Happy reading!
And Merry Christmas!