Investing

Success in the stock market is largely dependent on our choices and our character rather than the stocks themselves.

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Principles

DON’T BE GREEDY
Doing Due Dilligence
Types of Stocks
Patient, disciplined, eager to learn, has self-control over their emotions, and is able to think for themselves
- Listening to others and following the crowd instead of thinking for yourself can lead you to failure
Create and stick to a sound and logical plan
- Avoid being influenced by emotion
Maximize sustainable profits
- Strive for adequate returns, rather than extraordinary returns
Control harmful behavior
Know the difference between an investor and a speculator
- Speculation is fun and rewarding, but it is the worst way to build one’s wealth
Know the types of investing strategies:
- Defensive Investor
- Aggressive Investor
Diversify positions
- Trim positions to only 5-10%, put rest into VEQT/XEQT
Know when a stock should truly be held long-term vs short-term
- Don’t be afraid to sell during unexpected returns

Copy/study successful traders
Practice new strategy in a demo account before using real money
- Wait until you have a high win%, learn from errors
Scale up slowly
XEQT vs VFV

prices reflect people’s expectations, so they go up when actual results are better than expected and they go down when they are worse than expected
Consistently beating the stock market is extremely difficult
The physical growth of a company does not always correlate with the stock growth of a company

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