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12th September, 2025
The Signal in Simplicity
“It’s the mark of a charlatan to try and explain simple things in complex ways, and it’s the mark of...
4th September, 2025
NGMI
There’s this internet slang term you may have heard of: NGMI. An acronym for “not gonna make it,” it...
29th August, 2025
Read, Think, Wait
““We mostly just sit around reading, thinking and waiting.” — Stanley Druckenmiller Like all the bes...
22nd August, 2025
The Humility Edge
Financial pundits tend to have a hot take on every stock and a strong view on every market turn. And...
15th August, 2025
Growth Gone Wrong
Growth is often seen as synonymous with success in business. A company that expands rapidly, increas...
8th August, 2025
Pessimism Doesn’t Pay
Strawman member Bushmanpat kicked off an interesting thread this week, pointing out how pessimistic ...
1st August, 2025
Nothing New To Say
I was looking through the archives and realised that since starting Strawman, I’ve written something...
24th July, 2025
The Art Of Waiting
Investing, for all its spreadsheets and metrics, is largely an emotional game. We dress it up in the...
18th July, 2025
Simple Beats Clever
Tune into any results call and you’ll hear plenty of smart-sounding questions (and a lot of alpha-ma...
10th July, 2025
The Stimulus Delusion
Modern economics is littered with ideas that are, frankly, wrong. Not obviously so, which is partly ...