Showing posts with label "Holy Grail" of investment. Show all posts
Showing posts with label "Holy Grail" of investment. Show all posts

Sunday 24 January 2010

Secret formula for winning was always staring in your face

People are always looking around for the secret formula for winning on Wall Street, when all along, it's staring them in the face: Buy shares in solid companies with earning power and don't let go of them without a good reason. The stock price going down is not a good reason.

To get that 11%, you have to pledge your loyalty to stocks for better or for the worse - this is a marriage we're talking about, a marriage between your money and your investments. You can be a genius at analysing which companies to buy, but unless you have the patience and the courage to hold on to the shares, you're an odds-on favorite to become a mediocre investor.

It is not always brainpower that separates good investors from bad; often, it's discipline.