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I still believe that the best way to succeed in the stock market requires only four ingredients: Planning, Prudence, Patience and Presence.

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2024-09-13 Learning Lessons from Northvolt I greatly appreciated the recent editorial by Régis Labeaume , former mayor of Quebec City, in... 2024-09-06 What to think of Berkshire Hathaway’s sale of Apple shares? Between the end of 2023 and June 30, 2024, Berkshire Hathaway’s (“BRK.B”) investment in Apple... 2024-08-30 Couche-Tard and Japan BY JEAN-PHILIPPE LEGAULT, GUEST CONTRIBUTOR. The overall performance of the Japanese stock... 2024-08-23 I Love Scandals BY JEAN-PHILIPPE LEGAULT, GUEST CONTRIBUTOR. Last year, I wrote that  I love companies that... 2024-08-16 Is It a Good Idea to Make Acquisitions? BY JEAN-PHILIPPE LEGAULT, GUEST CONTRIBUTOR. More than fifteen years ago, I remember reading... 2024-08-09 The Candidate List: In the Stock Market as in Chess BY JEAN-PHILIPPE LEGAULT, GUEST CONTRIBUTOR. All chess games start the same way: 16 white... 2024-08-02 The Endowment Effect BY JEAN-PHILIPPE LEGAULT, GUEST CONTRIBUTOR. In the 1990s, Ziv Carmon and Dan Ariely conducted... 2024-07-26 The Lindy Effect BY JEAN-PHILIPPE LEGAULT, GUEST CONTRIBUTOR. The Lindy Effect was developed by Albert Harry... 2024-07-19 Just Blame it on the Rain BY JEAN-PHILIPPE LEGAULT, GUEST CONTRIBUTOR. Executives of publicly traded companies are... 2024-07-12 The Magic of Compound Interest BY JEAN-PHILIPPE LEGAULT, GUEST CONTRIBUTOR. For several years, I have been regularly... 2024-07-05 The Stock Market Versus Facebook BY JEAN-PHILIPPE LEGAULT, GUEST CONTRIBUTOR. After several years of proud service, I finally... 2024-06-28 Is the Stock Market Too High? BY JEAN-PHILIPPE LEGAULT, GUEST CONTRIBUTOR. I recently had a discussion with an investor who... 2024-06-21 The High Mass of Capitalism Here are some elements that I consider the most notable from the Berkshire Hathaway 2024... 2024-06-14 Praise for Slowing Down La Presse recently prepared a special report entitled “Ralentir” or Slow Down, which I really... 2024-06-07 Summer Reading If there is one area where age has not yet slowed me down (unlike tennis!), it is reading. As... 2024-05-31 Time Arbitration In my book, Avantage Bourse, I wrote this about time arbitration: “When the majority of... 2024-05-24 When the Stock Exchange Acts Like a Casino Like the casino or the purchase of lottery tickets, the stock market regularly serves as a... 2024-05-17 I give, you give, they all give… I was very moved by the short video that was shared as part of Berkshire Hathaway’s annual... 2024-05-10 Three Categories of Companies: Exceptional, Enviable or Terrible We all tend to create categories. Here is what I wrote about it in my book, Avantage Bourse. 2024-05-03 How Patient Should You Be With a Losing Stock? (Continued) I received a few emails from readers following the publication of my blog last week . Thanks! 2024-04-26 How Patient Should You Be With a Losing Stock? We all have stocks in our portfolio that are lagging. 2024-04-19 The Government Is Changing the Rules I will not make an editorial comment on the Canadian federal government’s budget, which was... 2024-04-12 Blog Miniseries: 35 Years of Existence (#4) This is the fourth and final blog in this series covering the 35 years of existence of... 2024-04-05 What it Can Cost to be Absent From the Stock Markets I wrote a blog entitled  Un exemple concret de la futilité du market timing  in February 2019... 2024-03-28 A Stupid and Costly Mistake Stock market investors make two types of errors: errors of commission and errors of omission. 2024-03-22 This Is Not the End of the World Pessimism and fatalism do not make good long-term stock market investors. I have always... 2024-03-15 The Qualities of a Good Annual Letter From the CEO to Shareholders Let’s face it, the majority of annual letters to shareholders of publicly traded companies are... 2024-03-08 The Magnitude of Rectitude If you’re like me, you want to be right every time when you invest in stocks. Your biggest... 2024-03-01 The Values That Emerge From Berkshire Hathaway’s Recent Annual Report Every year, I impatiently await Warren Buffett’s letter, which is published in the annual... 2024-02-23 A Tangible Project Used to Develop “Long-term” Thinking With technology, we are increasingly accustomed to getting what we want immediately, whether... 2024-02-16 To Me, the Stock Market is More Attractive Than Real Estate I recently had an interesting discussion with a friend about the possibility of investing in... 2024-02-09 Profits Are Worth More Than Promises I forget where I read this phrase, but it caught my attention. In my opinion, it sums up our... 2024-02-02 Breaking Down the Numbers In his book Factfulness, author Hans Roslin writes that a number, by itself, has no real... 2024-01-26 Weighting Is Much Better In my book Avantage Bourse, I wrote a brief aside considering the verb to weight, which alone... 2024-01-19 If Youth Knew, If Old Age Could I have the chance to take care of the investments of several young investors, children, or... 2024-01-12 Blog Miniseries: 35 Years of Existence (#3) In this third blog in the series covering 35 years of COTE 100 and the main lessons we have... 2024-01-05 Happy (stock market) shopping! I never liked shopping. However, if I have to shop around to buy one or two items, I might as... 2023-12-15 Some Reading for the Holidays “In my whole life, I have known no wise people (over a broad subject matter area) who didn’t... 2023-12-08 Save Like a Pessimist, Invest Like an Optimist I made reference in one of my latest blogs  to the most recent book by Morgan Housel, Same as... 2023-12-01 A Mentor Dies Who says you have to meet someone for him to be a mentor? 2023-11-24 Blog Miniseries: 35 Years of Service! (part 2) A few weeks ago, I published the first in a series of blogs highlighting 35 years of COTE 100. 2023-11-17 Why Does Everything Seem Darker and Darker? I’m reading Morgan Housel’s newest book, “Same as Ever.” I really liked this author’s first... 2023-11-10 Not All the Qualities of a Good Entrepreneur Are Transferable to the Stock Market I wrote a blog on this subject in 2017 entitled “Does a good entrepreneur make a good... 2023-11-03 Real Estate Prices Can’t Go Down! I went to a fundraising dinner last Friday. On this occasion, I had the chance to speak to... 2023-10-27 Blog Miniseries: 35 Years of Service! COTE 100 is celebrating its 35th anniversary this year, my father Guy having founded the... 2023-10-20 Yes, Stock Markets Can Fall (encore) I’m taking this opportunity to replay this blog that I published (in French only) on August... 2023-10-13 A Tree Is a Long-term Investment A few days ago, I had the chance to visit the family forest, a passion of my father’s, with a... 2023-10-06 Black, White, or Green? I recently received this question by email (C.R.): “Being very concerned about the environment... 2023-09-29 How Far Should We Let Our Winning Stocks Run? I received this question via email from a reader (L.S.) over the last few weeks. I reiterate... 2023-09-22 The Most Heartbreaking Decision I’ve previously written about the importance of staying fully invested in all circumstances.