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Apr 2025
16m 4s

Reasonable vs. Rational

Morgan Housel
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The most impactful idea to me personally in my book: My theory is that most investment models maximize for risk-adjusted returns, but in the real world every investor wants to maximize for sleeping well at night and being proud of themselves in a complicated world.

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