The biggest mistakes investors make

Trying to time the market sounds like a reasonable idea? Think twice. In this episode of our ’How to invest’ series, Hannah Wise presents five common investment mistakes and gives guidance on what you should do instead.

It wasn’t that long ago that most people’s perception of an investor was either a character from The Wolf of Wall Street or someone with an enormous mobile phone, a copy of the Financial Times and three 1980s-era PC monitors on their desk. Times have changed, though. Hundreds of millennials are downloading investing apps, picking stocks, transferring their savings and then waiting for their investments to deliver bumper profits. If only it were that simple.

The reality is somewhat different. There are many pitfalls to trap the unwary, and even seasoned investors with good track records may face challenges. Here’s our pick of the top five mistakes investors make, and how you can avoid them.

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CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro
00:37 Focusing on the daily headlines
02:46 Timing the market
05:34 Holding onto losers
06:47 Assuming cash is king
08:44 Going all in
10:10 Outro

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