Title: 10 Timeless Rules for Investors
Headings: 10 Timeless Rules for Investors
10 Timeless Rules for Investors
Key Takeaways
1. Markets Return to the Mean Over Time
2. Excess Leads to an Opposite Excess
3. Excesses Are Never Permanent
4. Market Corrections Don't Go Sideways
5. Public Buys Most at the Top and Least at the Bottom
6. Fear and Greed: Stronger Than Long-Term Resolve
7. Markets: Strong When Broad, Weak When Narrow
8. Bear Markets Have Three Stages
9. Be Mindful of Experts and Forecasts
10. Bull Markets Are More Fun Than Bear Markets
The Bottom Line
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Content: The investors, of course. They're called suckers because they may buy on the temporary highs, but end up losing money when asset prices drop. The final stage of the bear market is the torturous grind down to levels where valuations are more reasonable and a general state of depression prevails regarding investments overall. 9. Be Mindful of Experts and Forecasts
This is not magic. When everyone who wants to buy has bought, there are no more buyers. At this point, the market must turn lower. Similarly, when everyone who wants to sell, no more sellers remain. So when market experts and the forecasts are telling you to sell, sell, sell—or buy, buy, buy—be sure to know that everyone is jumping on that bandwagon, so much so that there's nothing left to sell or buy. By the point you jump in, something else is likely to happen.