Patience Arbitrage: A Behavioral Guide to Long-Term Investing

A Beginner’s Framework for Ownership-Based Investing By David Berkowitz | VAP Wealth Advisors | March 2026 TL;DR Your brain treats a falling stock chart like a charging predator. The amygdala elicits the same fight-or-flight response to financial losses as to physical threats [PMC Neuroscience Study]. Loss aversion makes a 30% decline feel twice as painful […]
How did Investors Lose Money in a Fund That Returned 29% Per Year- The Behavior Gap

Peter Lynch returned 29.2% a year at Magellan and the average investor in the fund still lost money. The behavior gap, and how to close yours.
The Path to Inevitable Wealth: 4 Behaviors That Compound Security

Outliving your money is the real retirement risk, not a bad year. Four behaviors that compound security across a twenty-year retirement.
What the Dying Taught Me: 5 Life-Altering Regrets…

Hospice nurses hear the same five regrets again and again. What they say about how to spend money, time, and working years before you retire.