Over the last few months, I think I have underperformed the market. No clue simply because I do not remember ALL the transactions that are worth comparing. Let me clarify. I do trade on the portfolio that I hold. So if say I have 5000 Cummins and I feel it is over priced at 535, […]
What is cognitive dissonance? Actually the question should be why as an investor / wealth creator should you be aware of this! Cognitive dissonance is our need to justify all our actions – even if we know that it is not worth justifying. It is easier to see examples of what is cognitive dissonance. We […]
It hardly matters whether it is equities or real estate, the reasons why people lose money is so simple to enumerate: 1. Not knowing the difference between trading and investing: they buy some shares, hope it goes up when it does not they sell off. Since they do not know whether they should be averaging […]