This Cognitive Bias Can Derail Your Investment Plan

by Elle Kaplan | Apr 18, 2017 | BDE, Investing

A made up mind is a very hard thing to change. This isn’t entirely due to humans being stubborn, however – studies have found that once you’ve formed an opinion, you subconsciously embrace any information that confirms your view, while ignoring information that casts...

How Ultra-Successful Entrepreneurs Turn Failure Into Success (and you can too)

by Elle Kaplan | Apr 16, 2017 | BDE, Be More, Inspiration

If you’re having an off day, living through a disaster, or facing something in between, take comfort in the fact that some of the greatest have had it worse, and then bounced back to become more even more successful. Learning from your own setbacks is extremely...

4 Investing Mistakes to Avoid

by Elle Kaplan | Apr 14, 2017 | BDE, Wealth Management

While it’s great to learn from your mistakes, they can be costly lessons in investing. Thankfully, many of the mistakes made by long-term investors follow the same biases and flaws, and they can be avoided beforehand with some preparation. Here are some of those...

3 Smart Principles for Long-Term Investing

by Elle Kaplan | Apr 11, 2017 | BDE, Wealth Management

The key to successful investing isn’t trying to predict where the market will move next; it involves sticking to the facts and a long-term plan. Rather than relying on intuition or crystal balls, prudent investors follow some time-tested principles for long-term...

Risk In Investing: How Does it Factor into Your Investing Success?

by Elle Kaplan | Apr 10, 2017 | BDE, Investing

Risk is a four letter word that many of us shy away from, especially when it comes to our wealth. After all, there’s an inherent degree of failure associated with risk. Although risk and volatility can be uncomfortable, a certain degree of risk in investing may...

Ditch These 5 Bad Work Habits to Immediately Improve Your Life

by Elle Kaplan | Apr 7, 2017 | BDE, Do More, Life Hacks

When it comes to our careers, we usually focus on getting our tasks done, and if there’s time left over, we try to pick up some new positive routines. While we’re huge proponents of getting stuff done and creating good habits, this approach ignores the bad...