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Mar 2025
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A good reminder of why we invest, Pimp m...

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Money doesn't make you happy. But it does give you control over your life. And it turns out, that makes you happy.


That was the conclusion of Angus Campbell, a psychologist at the University of Michigan who studied happiness and the biggest predictors of it.


For us, it is an important reminder of why we invest: to give ourselves choice in life. We break it all down.


That's only the start of another big episode of Equity Mates:

  • Adam Dawes is back for another Pimp my Portfolio
  • Katy Perry is going to space (trust us, there's an investing angle here)


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