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Successful investing means ignoring market volatility

In this video you'll learn:

  • why it pays to stay invested in the long term;
  • why investors rarely receive the market return; and
  • what biases investors are prone to. 

 

Transcript

Of course there are good years and bad years for global markets, but in the long term it pays to stay invested.

Market returns are, in fact, fairly generous.

The problem is, investors very rarely receive the market return - for two reasons.

The first is the cost of investing... The second is YOU.

That’s because human beings have been conditioned to act on impulse.

It’s an instinct that often serves us well. But when it comes to investing, human emotions do far more harm than good.

Markets soar and greed kicks in as we rush to buy. When they plummet, fear takes over and we’re overwhelmed by an urge to sell.

More often than not, we buy and sell at just the wrong time.

In reality we’d be much better off by keeping a cool head and, almost invariably, leaving our portfolios exactly as they are.

Academics have identified several behavioural biases that investors are prone to.

For example, we like to follow the herd; we give far too much weight to recent information; and we tend to be over-estimate our investment skill.

It’s not as easy as it sounds - and you might well need the help of an adviser - but it’s important to identify your particular biases and to be aware of them. To ignore the temptation to act irrationally.

The fifth step to successful investing, then, is to be disciplined.

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