Seven Stock Blunders
Along the lines of our earlier post is this nice round up of investing/trading errors via Glenn Curtis:
Ignorance may be bliss, but not knowing why your stocks are failing and money is disappearing from your pockets is a long way from paradise:
1. Ignoring Catalysts
2. Catching the Falling Knife
3. Failing to Consider Macroeconomic Variables
4. Forgetting About Dilution
5. Not Recognizing Seasonal Fluctuations
6. Missing Sector Trends
7. Avoiding Technical Trends
Glenn goes into details on each of these in the full article.
Source:
Seven Forehead-Slapping Stock Blunders
Glenn Curtis
http://www.investopedia.com/articles/basics/08/blunders.asp?partner=forbes-am
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8. Participating in this market.
Posted by: Marcus Aurelius | Aug 3, 2008 11:07:58 AM
9. Watching CNBC with the sound on.
Posted by: leftback | Aug 3, 2008 1:01:04 PM
10. Assuming you are on a level playing field.
Posted by: MarkTX | Aug 3, 2008 1:06:15 PM
11. Belief that you are operating in "free markets".
Posted by: Deelio | Aug 3, 2008 1:46:33 PM
12a. Setting stops to tight and losing a swing thereby
12b. Setting stops to loose and getting reamed on a reversal
Posted by: Troy | Aug 3, 2008 2:03:59 PM
13. Misspelling "too"
Posted by: lurker | Aug 3, 2008 4:59:13 PM
14. Looking for trading tips in the comments section.
Posted by: player | Aug 3, 2008 6:13:58 PM
15. An MBA has been put in charge of the firm / government entity.
Posted by: VennData | Aug 3, 2008 10:01:11 PM
16. believing your own bullshit
Posted by: vozworth | Aug 3, 2008 10:27:11 PM
17. Thinking if I don't get in now, I will miss most of the upside.
18. Thinking since I have already lost so much money, that getting out now won't accomplish much.
19. Following my brain instead of my gut.
20. Understanding that it is not just the other guy who can be greedy, I can be that guy too. And almost always, that winds up painful.
Bruce in Tennessee
Posted by: Bruce | Aug 3, 2008 10:52:27 PM
21. Monkey see, monkey do. Believing the technical analysis scam is actually a valid trading strategy. Warren Buffett did it so it must work. Oops. Warren Buffett didn't do it. Did any rich guy do it? no? Oh, nevermind.
Posted by: sam | Aug 4, 2008 1:27:24 AM
#1 - Watching too much CNBC, especially, Dudlow and Company.
Econolicious
Posted by: ECONOMISTA NON GRATA | Aug 4, 2008 4:28:28 PM
22. Believing too much in your own opinion and not aksing others for valuable advice :)
Posted by: S. Ruehle | Oct 12, 2008 3:28:02 PM
