Learn From My Investing Mistakes: Don’t Learn the Hard Way!

It doesn’t matter how experienced an investor you are, it is easy to make mistakes. Recently this has happened to me and it reminded me of three valuable lessons. As Charlie Munger said “One of the best ways to learn from mistakes is to learn from the mistakes of others” So in this video, I'm going to tell you the sad story of where I went wrong so you can avoid making the same mistakes as me

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All information is given for educational purposes and is not financial advice. Ramin does not provide recommendations and is not responsible for investment actions taken by viewers. Figures that are quoted refer to the past and past performance is not a reliable indicator of future results.

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[sg]

Years of fun portfolio have taught me they aren't fun

[sg]

With stockopedia I'll be able to make the same mistakes as you.

[birenpatel]

I always look forward to seeing your videos Ramin. Thanks for teaching me how to invest. It's very hard to find a genuine person who will give you good advice these days as everyone is just after your money.

[MagicNash]

A bit too many ads, the critics might be onto smth here.

[morrisblumenthal]

Great video. Stories from personal experience are always the best way to learn. Thank you.

[pauldavidthomasfrodo]

My father is vey bright. He spent years learning about stocks, investors chronicle, lots of research and time and effort. In the end he has done very well indeed. But his cumulate conclusion was, don't waste your time. Just put it in a low cost index tracker. I would not waste my time trying to figure the market out. I've got better things to do in life.

[NightElff]

Ramin, if you are keeping these stocks in a pie and you really want to rebalance- I’d recommend choose the following: when you fund your pie there’s a fund distribution option - choose “self-balancing”.

[fredatlas]

Etfs have bid offer spreads as well to be wary of. I think you need to try and find etfs that are large and have a large volume, good liquidity

[wakey]

Great video, too many times I've taken 5% thinking I'm beating inflation just for the stock to keep on going. Leaving my garden with nothing but weeds.

[perroviejo]

Excellent video, very interesting. It is incredible how many factors you must take into account when managing your investment portfolio. Thanks Ramin for sharing. Greetings from Buenos Aires, Argentina!!

[mmabagain]

Thankfully, the only investing mistakes I have made are missing out on gains because I always stayed too conservative. Now that I am retired, I just put it all in equal parts into Vanguards Wellington and Wellesley. Ends up being 50/50 stock to bond.

[fahdmirza]

Do you invest in an index fund no matter what the price is? Or do you wait for a bear market?

[DismalScience]

Is the bid/offer spread set by the trading company, or the market maker for the shares? Is it the case that ‘free trading’ platforms make margin by extending the bid/offer?

[auldmart]

The lack of liquidity and wide spreads on small caps is one of several reasons I avoid investing in the UK. The same strategy applied to US small caps might have had a different outcome.

[AlessandroBottoni]

Great video and great lesson. Congratulations and... many thanks for having warned us about these potential risks.

[rogerq]

This was a very educational video!! I appreciated the way you explained the terms and the examples you gave. Thank you.

[patrickf]

Hello Ramin, most of us who have been investing in stocks have bigger tales of woe...despite doing relatively ok over the long term

[NS-ptrr]

Made many mistakes thinking i am God stockpicker.. not anymore, im all in on ETF's now, leave it alone and let it do its thing

[scowy]

What’s the obsession with diversification? Ramin’s already 90% diversified. Have faith in your knowledge and abilities.
A simple rule to avoid illiquid stocks is to avoid anything greater than a 0.5%/50bp spread. You’ll not have any problem buying and selling then. But on the other hand small caps are where fortunes are made.