When financial expertise becomes a blind spot
21-08-2026 07:34 via moneysense.ca

When financial expertise becomes a blind spot

For anyone who follows my writing, you probably know that I spend very little time explaining how financial systems work. I am far more interested in the human and psychological side of money—the part that gets messy when real people must make decisions that don’t always fit the framework.There is no shortage of people explaining the mechanics. There are specialists who can tell you how mortgages are underwritten, how investment portfolios should be structured, and what the technical
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