The “masses” are always being talked about. We are constantly being exposed to the force of mass media through television, radio, movies, advertisements, internet, magazines and so forth. The effect of this can disrupt our reality. One of the "masses...
Ever wanted to buy a car that you thought was rare. Only to find out that once you bought it, all the sudden you see them everywhere. Saying to yourself “dang where did all of these same cars come from? You’re not alone. This has happened to me more...
The other day I was listening to a couple in a coffee shop. They were trying to weigh whether to move or not. For those of you that don’t live on the west coast the cost of living has really gotten out of control. This couple was talking about school...
When you wake up what is the first thing you think about? When you go to sleep what is the primary thing you think about? When you lose your job what is the first thing you think about? As a survival mechanism the brain likes to play movies in our he...
In college I studied behavior analysis which taught me a great deal about the simplistic nature of decision making. As I progressed through trading and life I see the ripples of this topic repeated over and over. At the core we...
Ryan is the Lead Investment Manager at Blackpier Capital. He is the lead manager of the Blackpier Atlas Portfolio of Strategies spending the last 12 years specializing designing and trading robust systems and strategies....
Listen in to our own Ryan Ahrens and Wayne Klump on a Seattle radio show as they discuss what drives investors, the 4th Asset Class, and what investors can do to simultaneously increase returns and decrease risk in their portfolios.
