Company performance and stock price performance, or outcomes, don’t always go hand and hand. In a very good article, Morgan Housel, economics and finance columnist for The Motley Fool, points out…
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Investors Need an Iron Stomach to Hold the Best Performing Stocks
Morgan Housel of The Motley Fool writes a good piece on how difficult it can be buy and hold the very best performing stocks over time. As Housel points out,…
Personal Finance is Personal Writes Housel
Financial analyst Morgan Housel draws a parallel between medicine and investing to make a simple, but important, point: “personal finance is deeply personal” so “coming up with a solution that…
Why Doing 'Nothing' Is Good For Your Portfolio
When fears are high, it’s natural to want to jump out of stocks. But while it might seem logical to avoid equities during tough times, The Motley Fool’s Morgan Housel…
What's Your Advantage?
If you don’t want to put all your faith in luck, you need to have an advantage to beat the market over the long haul. But The Motley Fool’s Morgan…
Investors And The "Trifecta Of Failure"
What separates great investors from the rest? The Motley Fool’s Morgan Housel says it has to do not with financial acumen, but instead with psychological prowess. While most investors are…
Why Short-Term Market Timing Is Futile
In a recent piece for The Motley Fool, Morgan Housel offers some interesting data on why trying to time the market is so dangerous. “There have been about 21,000 trading…