Beyond the Market

What if long-term investing success isn’t about brilliance, but about avoiding stupidity?

In this episode of Beyond the Market, we break down the five most common mistakes that destroy investor returns. From panic selling during crashes to chasing hot stocks and trying to time the market, we explore how these behavioural traps cost more than most realise and can ultimately wipe you out.

You'll hear why missing just the 10 best days in the market over the last 30 years would have cut your returns by nearly 50%, and why leverage, overtrading, and lack of diversification remain silent portfolio killers.

Inspired by Charlie Munger’s timeless wisdom of avoiding stupidity this episode is a practical guide to building wealth by doing less, not more.

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We’re wired to feel the pain from losing money more strongly than gains, this is how we as humans are wired. This is called called Loss Aversion. In this episode, we unpack what Loss Aversion is, how it impacts our investing and daily life, and what Loss Aversion means for your investing decisions.

From Daniel Kahneman’s experiments on the discovery of Loss Aversion to why just the thought of losing money is stopping people from investing and making long term wealth, this episode will help to understand this bias and become a better investor.

Did you know that 80% of women save regularly, but fewer than one in five invest?

In this episode, we flip the script on the myth that investing is just for men. Featuring insights from Hetty Green the richest woman in America at the time, we dive into why women make incredible investors, how they invest differently, and why the belief that investing is too risky or complicated is holding women back.

If you’re a woman listening or know one who’s great with money but hesitant to invest, this episode is for you. We’ll show how investing isn’t just for the rich, with women having the skills to outperform the men!

Social media is changing how people think about investing, and not for the better. In this episode, I explore how platforms like YouTube, TikTok, Instagram and Twitter push extreme opinions, crash predictions, and hype stocks over real investing, long term thinking and long term wealth.

I share a personal story from launching a YouTube channel focused on long-term investing and wealth creation, and what I learned about the algorithm.

You'll also hear how traditional media laid the groundwork for this short-term mindset. If you're tired of FOMO, fear-based finance content, and want to become a better long-term investor, this episode will help you cut through the noise.

In this episode, we break down the most timeless lessons from Warren Buffett at the 2025 Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting.

From the power of patience and long-term thinking to how to act when fear grips the market, these insights go beyond headlines and hype.

You'll hear Buffett's own words — and the takeaways everyone not just serious investor should understand. Plus, we cover what wasn't said this year (no crypto, no politics, no distractions) just enduring principles that matter.

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What’s the difference between looking rich and being wealthy? In this episode, we unpack why true wealth is often invisible. From car finance to credit card debt and why real wealth is about control over your time, not how loud your lifestyle is. This episode is about shifting your mindset from impressing others to building quiet freedom.

Compounding is the most powerful force in investing and in life, but teh secret is that it doesn’t look powerful at first. It’s slow, invisible until it isn’t.

In this episode, we break down how small, consistent action, whether reading, investing, working out, or language learnin, stack up into unstoppable momentum over time. We’ll look at why consistency beats intensity, how Buffett built his fortune slowly, and why quitting too early kills growth.

Start small. Stay in the game. Let time do the hard work for you.

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Market crashes are inevitable—but panic is optional.

In this episode, I dig into what really happens when the market tanks, why emotional discipline matters more than prediction (and money), and how great investors keep their heads when everyone else is losing theirs.

You’ll hear:

• Why the 2008 crash and COVID crash were opportunities, not just disasters, if you did the opposite of everyone else

• What Warren Buffett, Howard Marks, and Bill Miller did differently

Whether you’re new to investing or been through a few cycles, this episode is a reminder: market crashes are a test of mindset, not just money.

Why do investors keep falling for the same traps? In this episode, we dig into recency bias—our tendency to overvalue what's happening now and ignore what’s happened before. From the "dot-com boom" to meme stocks and crypto, history shows us that bubbles and crashes are nothing new. Yet every time, investors convince themselves “this time is different.”

We’ll look at how recency bias impacts your judgment, the patterns of market cycles from boom to bust, and why forgetting history is one of the costliest mistakes an investor can make.

This episode is a reminder that smart investing isn’t about predicting the future—it’s about remembering the past.

Many believe financial success is about intelligence, high earnings, or access to exclusive financial knowledge but that cannot be further from the truth.

"Financial success is not a hard science. It’s a soft skill, where how you behave is more important than what you know." - Morgan Housel