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Slides: This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things

Why the average investor does so poorly.

By Morgan Housel – Aug 28, 2014 at 8:01AM EST

I gave a talk at the MoneyShow in San Francisco over the weekend. It's called "This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things," and it's about why the average investor does so poorly. 

Here are my slides. Almost all of it is material pulled from past articles. Enjoy.

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Morgan Housel
Morgan Housel is the best-selling author of The Psychology of Money and Same as Ever. A former economics and finance columnist for Fool.com and analyst for Motley Fool One, he currently serves as a partner at The Collaborative Fund and on the board of directors at Markel.
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