To beat the market, you've got to know where the blind side is, and you've got to put up a protective barrier between it and you.
There are many reasons why most people can't beat the stock market, and the the truth is this: If you don't overcome most of them, you won't stand a chance of beating the stock market over the long run.
It's a pretty safe bet that emotions are the #1 reason why most investors underperform the stock market. Either we get greedy and buy a company for too much, or we get scared and sell for too little.
The stock market is an emotional place. Years worth of work, stored up in your savings, can up and vanish in the wind in a heartbeat's time.
If you do the wrong thing when the wind comes, those savings can permanently disappear.
What is holding so many people back from not merely acknowledging that value investing works, but grabbing hold of that knowledge and using it to beat the bejesus out of the market?
To find a story stock worth investing in, you've got to search for your own Cinderella: A story worth believing in, but which is ignored or looked down upon by most other people.
What do doctors, track handicappers, and investors have in common?
Read on to find out.
Feeling a bit beat up lately? It's Mr. Market doing the beating.
Now the real question is this: Will you get up and go the distance with him?
Do you know if you are tied down to the same tracks on which a behemoth sized freight train is hurtling toward you?
How to stop blindly accept what is being fed to you and step outside of the wheel
Are you willing to sail far away to grab more booty? You should be.
There might be no man alive who can teach you more about life and living than Forrest Gump. And surprisingly, he's got almost as much to teach us about investing as he has to teach about living.
Pirates that didn’t get caught by the good guys or catch any of the dozens of terrible diseases of the time had it pretty good - life on the open seas, debauchery, and treasure.
If pirates live to this day, it is obvious where most of them plumb their trade: In the markets, where most modern day treasures lie, waiting to be discovered.
Most of a cat's day is spent sleeping, lounging around, or just being plain lazy. But when it comes to the crucial time that determines whether they will catch their prey or go hungry, cats are ready to pounce - anytime, and from anywhere.
After a night of impossibly connected events that included riding a cheetah, almost getting trapped in a foursome with a gorgeous girl and grotesque guy, and getting their car stolen by the one and only Neal Patrick Harris, Harold & Kumar stood on an overhanging cliff looking out at their goal: White Castle.