Investment Management:
The Emotions of Investing
by: Roy Bodinus for the Debt Consolidation Loan
Directory
This three part series looks at how investing can be an emotional business. After all, an investor’s financial
future is at stake. Most investors, however, would be wise to check their
emotions at the door prior to logging on to view, and dare I say trade, their
accounts. Let’s look at some examples of how "emotional investing" can cost you
your hard earned dollars.
- The Return Chaser - Chasing the hot mutual fund or segment of the market rarely works....
- The Fearful Investor - Investing is serious business. An investor is wise to be concerned about losses in his portfolio. How you think about and manage this risk will play a significant role in your financial success...
- The Effects of Greed - Just as fear can drive equity values in a bear market, greed plays a role when a rising stock market defies all laws of gravity...
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