12 Investment Myths Why Individual Investors Are Failing Miserably and How You Can Avoid Being One of Them

Name: 12 Investment Myths Why Individual Investors Are Failing Miserably and How You Can Avoid Being One of Them
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ISBN: 9781934759196

ISBN-10: 1934759198

ISBN-13: 9781934759196

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Authors: Jack J. Calhoun Jr., Jack Calhoun, Calhoun, Zuzana Urbanek, Mait Ainsaar

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Over time, the stock market creates great wealth for investors. And yet, most investors do not become wealthy by investing in the stock market, instead having experiences that range from inadequate to disastrous. So why the disconnect? The answer is found in a set of widely held, mistaken beliefs about what it takes to be a successful investor. At first glance, these investment myths seem grounded in logic. In reality, though, these beliefs provide investors with perfect blueprints for investment failure by encouraging in them an emotion-driven, trading-intensive mentality. These myths are propagated by Wall Street, which reaps huge profits from this behaviour and by the financial media…

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List price: $19.95
Publisher: Robert D. Reed Publishers
Publication date: 4/15/2009
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 112
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.10" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.770
Language: English

Jack J. Calhoun, Jr. is the Managing Principal of Capital Directions, LLC, one of Atlanta's largest independent investment advisory firms. He has written extensively on the fundamentals of investment success (featured in The Wall street Journal, Investor's Business Daily, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, etc.) and is a frequent speaker on investment-related topics to professional associations and investment clubs.



Acknowledgments


Author's Note


Introduction



A Savvy Investor Should Be Able to Beat the Market



Brokerage Firms Are Built on a Client Service Model



It's All about Performance



Activity Is Good



Investors Do All Right for Themselves



The Media Is a Good Source of Investment Advice



Invest in Good Companies



Investing Is Exciting



All Risk Is the Same



The End Is Near-So Why Invest?



I'm Not a Market Timer



An Investment Advisor's Job Is to Find You "Opportunities"


Conclusion


Endnotes