By Philips Loh, invest, Nov 21, 2010, the sundaytimes
Some key points noted in the articles:
- The urge to cut loss when stocks fall works against 'buy low, sell high' tactic
- Qualities of a good investor - The most successful investors are those who are able to overcome their innate fear and greed during wild market gyrations, and discern real risks, as opposed to perceived ones. They have a keen awareness of their limitations and predictive powers.
- Associating the wrong reasons with a profitable trade can be damaging to our investment quotient in the longer run.
- We must not forget that the markets are full of predatory players who make a living out of having small investors for lunch. These professionals do so well because they are experts at tricking retail investors into reaching wrong conclusions. Therefore to do well in the investment game, investors must be keenly aware of their instinctive ability to detect a pattern and react accordingly, overcome this instinct. Only then can they raise the probability of scoring gains in the game.
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