The Biggest Reason Investors Lose Money...And How To Avoid It!

This video is about how our psychology works against us as investors and can end up costing us a lot of money if we are not careful. I explore all of the different biases, look at academic studies and various other sources of research to explain how you might be able to avoid some of these common traps. We can't change who we are but we can prevent it from hurting our investing returns!

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[p.c.h.]

30 years of investing has taught me that risk control is everything, I see younger generations thinking they know everything when all they are doing is gambling with their money.
The more rookies there are, the better for me, their loss is my gain, sorry that’s how it works, keep on gambling please

[chrisclarke]

FOMO I really like your videos. I watch a fair few on here, but yours are the ones that make me feel levelled and help to stop me doing anything daft. It’s helpful that you put one out at least every week. I get my regular dose of reality. Thanks very much.

[Themachine]

Love your videos, nice and clear advice. Straight to the point and not too long. Subscribed now!

[nathielrollin]

thank you so much for carrying everyone along, as a 48 year old man I have struggled with debt and loss for 10 years now I am just beginning my journey with you, thank you🥰🥰🥰🥰

[danielegianetti]

Indeed I made it to the very end like with all your great videos, keep going man! I can see a lot of myself in the 2020/2021 years in your words ...but a lot of reading and listening have helped to improve and sleep well at night even through these many turbulent months/years actually.

Thank you again, video like this are super useful to many!

[serenacoronado]

Thanks for the time and effort that you put into your videos, Toby. I really enjoy them, and I do always watch until the end :)

[jimmyfloyd-moeq]

FOMO I do enjoy your videos! I even watch the ones that don't specifically apply to the U.S. It's nice to see someone else's perspective that isn't constantly trying to sell the next BIG thing. Keep up the good work!!!

[chris]

Honestly do not know where I'd be on my investing journey without your channel Toby. Thanks

....FOMO

[mattsennett]

Great video Toby and I always watch until the end because of FOMO 👍🏻

[kpqbgzv]

Just read the psychology of money too. Great book and lots of wisdom for a book that takes an afternoon to read.

[ANRS]

FOMO - great vid as always.
"Better than Average Effect", reminds me of the Dunning Kruger effect?

[Graham_Bird]

FOMO - Thanks for making great videos Toby 👍

[jamiestanley]

Good video, Toby. Many thanks and FOMO.

[johncraig]

FOMO... enjoyed this so much, I'm going to watch it again. Thank you.

[dungster]

thx Toby, for always reminding me to keep it simple with investing and be sensible when it comes to chasing stocks for FOMO

[martindavies]

FOMO. Good video with neat summary. I have been learning a lot over the last 2-3 years and believe I am becoming a better investor as a result, outperforming the S&P so far. I am lucky to be able to invest for the long term as my pensions are sufficient to cover my normal requirements and I am very much a buy & hold type of investor that likes to monitor my few individual stocks just to check that all’s well.

[royagyei]

FOMO. Very interesting video. I’m currently embarking on my first Stocks and Shares ISA and not wanting to make mistakes. I put in what I can afford. I like to look at the values and obviously hope they go up. Some have, some haven’t but I do realise it’s a long term thing so I am not too worried. The trend on the Stock Exchange is generally up over a long period. So I am relying on compound interest to do its thing and I will see how things have progressed on the ten year plan I have, .

[DRNP]

FOMO! Thank you for the easy-to-understand and useful content!

[dm]

Thanks for the videos. Don't let the FOMO get to you.

[shocks]

FOMO, Great video, take a look at dunning kruger effect. Its perhaps why some of us over estimate our abilities