Comments on: Survey says… http://www.obliviousinvestor.com/survey-says/ Investing Blog: The Oblivious Investor Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:02:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mike http://www.obliviousinvestor.com/survey-says/comment-page-1/#comment-1506 Mike Sun, 24 May 2009 22:57:55 +0000 http://www.obliviousinvestor.com/?p=4387#comment-1506 You’re absolutely right that the personal finance blogosphere is getting crowded. From that perspective, it might make sense to do exactly the opposite of what I originally suggested. Perhaps try playing up the fact that you’re in the UK? (Put it in the page title/tagline/include the idea somehow in the logo?) As to running out of topics: Well, sure. I really only have a handful of them to start with. :) But I feel like I have a practically unlimited amount to say about each of those topics, hehe. And with “don’t worry about what happens in the day-to-day market” being one of my primary concepts, I think there will always be a need for somebody to take whatever is going on in the news, step back a bit, and try to put it in perspective. And thanks for the book suggestion–just added it to my Swaptree list. You’re absolutely right that the personal finance blogosphere is getting crowded. From that perspective, it might make sense to do exactly the opposite of what I originally suggested. Perhaps try playing up the fact that you’re in the UK? (Put it in the page title/tagline/include the idea somehow in the logo?)

As to running out of topics: Well, sure. I really only have a handful of them to start with. :)

But I feel like I have a practically unlimited amount to say about each of those topics, hehe. And with “don’t worry about what happens in the day-to-day market” being one of my primary concepts, I think there will always be a need for somebody to take whatever is going on in the news, step back a bit, and try to put it in perspective.

And thanks for the book suggestion–just added it to my Swaptree list.

]]> By: Monevator http://www.obliviousinvestor.com/survey-says/comment-page-1/#comment-1504 Monevator Sun, 24 May 2009 22:40:12 +0000 http://www.obliviousinvestor.com/?p=4387#comment-1504 Hi Mike, thanks for your thoughts. You make a good point, perhaps that would be an interesting way to spin it. I think I do have to find some sort of competitive difference... It's getting crowded in the blogosphere. Your Oblivious Investing brand is great from that point of view. My only concern is are you worried you'll run out of topics? I saw an interesting book in a store today by a US writer that you might want to have a look at btw. It was called the 'Gone Fishing Portfolio' if I remember correctly. It was 10 ETFs, but some odd ones like gold miners as well as most of the core assets of course. He claims it's outperformed the S+P with less volatility (haven't got it to hand, so can't quote exactly). Hi Mike, thanks for your thoughts. You make a good point, perhaps that would be an interesting way to spin it. I think I do have to find some sort of competitive difference… It’s getting crowded in the blogosphere.

Your Oblivious Investing brand is great from that point of view. My only concern is are you worried you’ll run out of topics?

I saw an interesting book in a store today by a US writer that you might want to have a look at btw. It was called the ‘Gone Fishing Portfolio’ if I remember correctly. It was 10 ETFs, but some odd ones like gold miners as well as most of the core assets of course. He claims it’s outperformed the S+P with less volatility (haven’t got it to hand, so can’t quote exactly).

]]> By: Mike http://www.obliviousinvestor.com/survey-says/comment-page-1/#comment-1503 Mike Sat, 23 May 2009 12:21:27 +0000 http://www.obliviousinvestor.com/?p=4387#comment-1503 "You’ve got to remember of course Mike that you’re asking *your* audience, not the audience that might be reading if you added X or Y." Indeed. Still busy working on how to deal with that information though, heh. As to growing your blog: Is it particularly important that the readers you attract be UK readers? My experience reading your site is that all of the same investing principles apply, which is why I link to it all the time despite the fact that 75% of my visitors are from the US. I wonder how/if it would affect your articles/marketing if you thought of your blog as "a personal finance blog in the UK" rather than "a UK personal finance blog." “You’ve got to remember of course Mike that you’re asking *your* audience, not the audience that might be reading if you added X or Y.”

Indeed. Still busy working on how to deal with that information though, heh.

As to growing your blog: Is it particularly important that the readers you attract be UK readers? My experience reading your site is that all of the same investing principles apply, which is why I link to it all the time despite the fact that 75% of my visitors are from the US.

I wonder how/if it would affect your articles/marketing if you thought of your blog as “a personal finance blog in the UK” rather than “a UK personal finance blog.”

]]> By: Monevator http://www.obliviousinvestor.com/survey-says/comment-page-1/#comment-1502 Monevator Sat, 23 May 2009 08:05:06 +0000 http://www.obliviousinvestor.com/?p=4387#comment-1502 Interesting findings. You've got to remember of course Mike that you're asking *your* audience, not the audience that might be reading if you added X or Y. But you know that. I'm still finding it a huge challenge to grow my UK focused blog. I don't have the US competition, but equally the UK types don't seem to get so passionate about money. I've started thinking I may need to go more personal, but that'll probably take me down a much more mark-to-market How Am I Doing approach that you wouldn't approve of... and which could be bad for my bank balance! ;) Anyway, congrats on the growth of OI. Your crisp clean articles deserve a wide readership, and it's nice to see the comments taking off. As you're getting more active on Twitter, maybe you should put a link on the home page? Interesting findings. You’ve got to remember of course Mike that you’re asking *your* audience, not the audience that might be reading if you added X or Y. But you know that.

I’m still finding it a huge challenge to grow my UK focused blog. I don’t have the US competition, but equally the UK types don’t seem to get so passionate about money. I’ve started thinking I may need to go more personal, but that’ll probably take me down a much more mark-to-market How Am I Doing approach that you wouldn’t approve of… and which could be bad for my bank balance! ;)

Anyway, congrats on the growth of OI. Your crisp clean articles deserve a wide readership, and it’s nice to see the comments taking off.

As you’re getting more active on Twitter, maybe you should put a link on the home page?

]]> By: Mike http://www.obliviousinvestor.com/survey-says/comment-page-1/#comment-1483 Mike Wed, 20 May 2009 22:54:23 +0000 http://www.obliviousinvestor.com/?p=4387#comment-1483 George: That's a good idea. I'll work on including a discussion of Taleb's ideas in an upcoming post. Having read (and thoroughly enjoyed) both of those books, I'm a big fan of his constantly-skeptical way of thinking. George: That’s a good idea. I’ll work on including a discussion of Taleb’s ideas in an upcoming post. Having read (and thoroughly enjoyed) both of those books, I’m a big fan of his constantly-skeptical way of thinking.

]]> By: George http://www.obliviousinvestor.com/survey-says/comment-page-1/#comment-1479 George Wed, 20 May 2009 20:38:20 +0000 http://www.obliviousinvestor.com/?p=4387#comment-1479 In regards to avoiding historical data, how about a discussion of Nassim Nicholas Taleb's ideas in The Black Swan and Fooled by Randomness impact an oblivious investor? In regards to avoiding historical data, how about a discussion of Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s ideas in The Black Swan and Fooled by Randomness impact an oblivious investor?

]]> By: SJ http://www.obliviousinvestor.com/survey-says/comment-page-1/#comment-1457 SJ Mon, 18 May 2009 16:03:22 +0000 http://www.obliviousinvestor.com/?p=4387#comment-1457 "(More on this later though, it needs to be cleaned up a bit so that it’s fit for **outside consumption.**)" Lol nice =) “(More on this later though, it needs to be cleaned up a bit so that it’s fit for **outside consumption.**)”

Lol nice =)

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