While most of us enjoy golf as a leisure activity to relax and unwind, my guess is that most struggling golfers (myself included!) are looking for an edge. Sounds like a good time to find the data and evidence rather than “5 Hot Tips to Add 100 Yards to Every Drive.” Just as we apply evidence to our investing methodologies, today’s professional golfers are finally catching up to data-hungry managers, coaches and players in baseball, basketball, and football. For some keen insights into the transformation in golf, click here for the Wall Street Journal article.

The benefits of Taking the long view manifest themselves in different ways for each new client of ours, but the overall story is similar every time. Things just seem more simple and transparent after we’ve had a chance to build an investment plan grounded in our evidence-based philosophy. We designed some visuals like the one below to help share the story. Visit the new Process page on our website to see for yourself.

As longtime followers know, I’m a fan of baseball and Michael Lewis. When he first published Moneyball in 2003, it was a match made in heaven. Dialing the clock forward to 2016, Jeff Luhnow, General Manager of the Houston Astros and former head of Player Development for the St. Louis Cardinals, is one of baseball’s best practitioners of Moneyball ideology…embracing the data and statistics of player performance to build a winning team rather than hoopla, emotion, and gut feel. I asked Jeff to read Odds On to get his take. His quote appears on the book itself:

“I picked up Odds On and couldn’t put it down. Matt Hall is a great storyteller, and his discoveries about how to build real wealth in the overwhelming world of finance make common sense. The sports world has been changing rapidly due to better information, and now I know the same revolution has been taking place in the investment arena.”