Month: March 2018

Value investing is certainly not new. But it is often overlooked by new investors in favor of pursuing much quicker profits. But all that glitters isn’t gold and sometimes the tried and true methods are genuinely more successful. So take a look at some words of wisdom from the more famous value-investors and see if it might suit your investing style.

Index investing or passive investment has grown incredibly over the last 10 years. But is it really so great during prolonged market falls? Markets do go down, and usually experience periods of much sideways movement.

Do you really have the patience?

Anytime I look at the average investment returns quoted for a managed investment, I am always re- minded of the old joke about a doctor, a dentist and a statistician on a hunting trip. After spotting a large deer in the distance, the doctor takes aim, fires but misses. His shot was 5 meters to the left of the deer.