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 […]
Why Market Volatility is the Price of Wealth Creation
Published: March 5, 2026 | Red Bank, NJ TL;DR $100,000 invested in the S&P 500 in January 1973 grew to over $24 million by year-end 2025, with dividends reinvested [OfficialData.org] S&P 500 cash dividends rose from roughly $14.89 per share in 1996 to $78.92 in 2025, a 430%+ increase [Standard & Poor’s via Multpl.com] Private […]
