Our focus for this episode of the Rational Reminder is split into two sections; first, we cycle through our regular features, looking at a number of studies and articles of interest, the market during the pandemic, and our bad advice segment, and then Benjamin is joined by Tim Nash to talk about ethical investing and comment on Wealthsimple's new sustainable portfolio. We start off our weekly round-up talking about the idea of broadening a knowledge-base and how reading widely and diversely on all manner of subjects can influence and benefit your investing. From there, we turn to the topic of quantitive easing before exploring Tim Wu's thesis about information empires and how they cyclically influence economics. We then dive into the Ontario Securities Commission Investor Experience Study and Lubos Pastor's paper, 'Mutual Fund Performance and Flows During the COVID-19 Crisis'. Both of these shed light on investor behaviour and market performance during 2020 and also offer some interesting findings on the strength of some active management. Daniel Crosby has laid out what he calls '22 Behavioral Nudges to Optimize Client Outcomes', which we then run through, touching on each of his ideas and commenting where necessary. Our bad advice of the week comes from TikTok, and we listen in on two, worryingly misleading clips from TikTok personalities — the social platform may not be the best place to find sound financial advice! For the last part of the show we hear from Tim Nash; he shares his thoughts on Ken French's appearance on the show recently and what the pandemic has proven about sustainable funds going forward. So for all of this and a whole more, in a jam-packed episode, be sure to listen in with us! Key Points From This Episode: Books From Today’s Episode: Zero to One: Notes on Startups or How to Build a Future — https://amzn.to/3ifHaBY Atomic Habits — https://amzn.to/2Ra5NnF The Case For People's Quantitative Easing — https://amzn.to/35lADSI The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires — https://amzn.to/3h8CRXO Links From Today’s Episode: Rational Reminder on iTunes — https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-rational-reminder-podcast/id1426530582. Rational Reminder Website — https://rationalreminder.ca/podcast/115 Tik Tok Video on twitter - https://twitter.com/richtechexec/status/1298052743131729920 Prusa i3 MK3S — https://shop.prusa3d.com/en/3d-printers/180-original-prusa-i3-mk3s-kit.html Ontario Securities Commission Investor Experience Study — https://www.osc.gov.on.ca/documents/en/Investors/inv_research_20200819_osc-investor-experience-survey-final-report.pdf 'Sustainable Investing in Equilibrium' — https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3498354 '22 Behavioral Nudges to Optimize Client Outcomes' — https://www.financialplanningassociation.org/article/journal/AUG20-22-behavioral-nudges-optimize-client-outcomes The Rational Reminder is presented as an educational resource and should not be construed as individualized investment advice, nor as a recommendation to buy or sell specific securities. The funds and portfolios discussed are examples only and may not be appropriate for your individual circumstances.