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Finance sketches

Explore sketches, drawings, and illustrations that simplify ideas related to Finance.

What is Human Risk example: an enormous line of Mongol soldiers easily march through an open gate in the Great Wall of China as the two bribed guards take a nap. Human riskVolunteer your own booking feeAsymmetry of returnsApproaches to asset valuation: the castles in the air approach and the firm foundations approachApproaches to asset valuation: Castles in the air and firm foundationsBenefits to you from getting started chart — put it off and stress about it = no benefit, start now with something = some benefitBenefits to you from getting startedRebalancing your portfolioSales aren’t always the bargain they seemBull market, bear marketMental accountingEuphemisms for losing moneyCore components of riskSurvivorship Bias illustration: two onlookers enjoy the long-lasting, successful design of the fun, iconic Volkswagen Beetle car. One says to the other "They don't make them like they used to" - ignoring the fact that the product they see is undoubtedly the result of many failed prototype designs. Survivorship biasDebt's vicious cycle illustration: A flow diagram of a vicious cycle starting with needing cash, to taking a loan and then hitting a cycle of paying interest, lower cashflow, needing cash, increasing loan and so on.Debt’s vicious cycleSneaky cognitive biases: hindsight bias, loss aversion, recency biasZone of Possible AgreementThe cost of doing nothingISAs are like bucketsA portfolio can reduce your overall riskInvestments are like building blocksYour ISA allowance is one-wayISAs are like wrappersPound cost averaging
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