You have spent years building your wealth. You took risks, you optimized, and you won. You have reached the summit. But standing at the top, a strange feeling takes hold: vertigo. Why? Because you intuitively realize that the rules that got you here are not the rules that will keep you here. Traditional finance is…
Month: December 2025
Beyond the Average: Mastering the Hidden Mathematics of Compounding : A unified framework for leveraging Skewness, Ergodicity, and the Power Law.
Beyond the Average: Mastering the Hidden Mathematics of Compounding A unified framework for leveraging Skewness, Ergodicity, and the Power Law. Posted on December 15, 2025 Investing is rarely a problem of asset selection; it is a problem of mathematical categorization. Most portfolio failures stem from a “Category Error”: treating a volatile asset that requires harvesting…
The Volatility Tax and How to Defeat It: A Mental Model for How to Survive the Maths of the Market
We are all taught the same fundamental truth of investing: Stocks go up over time. We are shown a chart of the S&P 500 moving from bottom-left to top-right and told, “Just buy, hold, and wait.” For the index, this is true. But for individual stocks, this is often a dangerous lie. The reality of…