Lessons Learned from COVID-19 can Help Your Personal Finances
There is a strong similarity from the lessons learned from COVID-19 and how best to manage your finances, writes Peter Watson. Since March, we have consistently heard the same theme. Understand the illness and use that knowledge to protect yourself and others from getting sick. Knowledge with the pandemic often comes from medical science. And […]
Warren Buffet wins $1-million bet
Warren Buffet did not believe hedge fund managers’ exorbitant fees for actively managed money were justified based on performance. So, in 2008, he challenged active managers in the hedge fund industry to a one million dollar bet. It was to be a classic showdown: actively managed money attempting to profit by anticipating future market trends, […]
Market volatility and investment expectations
There is both good news and bad news when it comes to investments. Sometimes stock values increase and sometimes they decrease. To start, let’s consider the reality of investing. The expected returns on stocks are far higher than bonds. If you are a long-term investor and your sole objective is a high return, then stocks […]
Don’t be swayed by temporary setbacks
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about how investing in stocks is better done over the long-term and pointed to examples from the S&P 500 Index. I also touched on the importance of understanding your temperament. Today’s article will expand on that. Making reliable stock market predictions eludes most everyone who has tried it. […]
For those of you who like to pick stocks – you don’t need to read this
The cat-and-mouse game of picking individual stocks and trying to out-smart the market for your own financial gain is a strategy some investors enjoy. It can be fun however, it is not very profitable. Many individuals like to seize the moment, be proactive, and predict what stocks to buy and which ones to sell. To […]
Investing requires discipline and managing reactions
Achieving long-term investing success requires managing your reaction to short-term failures. Most investors consider a failure as a period of time when their investments do not perform as hoped. Human overreaction to disappointment with investment lows often results in selling an investment and not being able to participate in its recovery. Every time we have […]
Panic selling of stocks can be expensive for investors
The best solution to endure stock market volatility is to put those normal market fluctuations into perspective. That is the objective of today’s column. This year stock markets got off to a rocky start. Stocks in China fell 7 per cent, which pointed stock values around the world in a downward direction. The American stock […]
