“Pain Trade” doesn’t even begin to describe it.

I’m incredibly excited for this opportunity to publish the below guest post from Shane Parrish of the excellent Farnam Street blog. Shane’s a fellow seeker of wisdom and, like me, revels in the idea that we can call up the hard-earned wisdom of those who came before us. Farnam Street is all about mastery –…

Welcome to Saturday Night Video… You know Danny Trejo from such films as Machete, Heat, Grindhouse, From Duck Til Dawn, Con Air and a few dozen other tough guy roles in some of the greatest action films ever made. And now you’re gonna love the guy even more…this week’s hottest viral video below, enjoy!

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Jason Zweig stands head and shoulders above the profession given his relentless efforts to make people smarter about their investing

Here were the most read posts on TRB this week, in case you missed them: Why Behavior is Half the Battle So who bought the dip?  The Mother of All Failed Moves? Portfolio Managers Face Their Kobayashi Maru Greatest. Research Note. Ever.

I have nothing to add on to the wonderfully in-depth look Tadas does on the Risk Parity “perfect storm” we’ve seen occur this past month. Once again, we humans have latched on an investing trend because it seemed to carry the Holy Grail – gains without pain. “This is how Dalio does it, of course…

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