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Investment mistakes even smart investors make and how to avoid them / (Record no. 36583)

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Personal name Swedroe, Larry E.
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Title Investment mistakes even smart investors make and how to avoid them /
Statement of responsibility, etc. Larry Swedroe, RC Balaban.
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Place of publication, distribution, etc. New York :
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Date of publication, distribution, etc. c2012.
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Extent xvii, 295 pages ;
Dimensions 24 cm.
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Formatted contents note • PART 1: Understanding and controlling human behavior is important for investment success<br/>o MISTAKE 1 Are you overconfident of your skills?<br/>o MISTAKE 2 Do you project recent trends indefinitely into the future?<br/>o MISTAKE 3 Do you believe events are more predictable after the fact than before<br/>o MISTAKE 4 Do you extrapolate from small samples and trust your intuition?<br/>o MISTAKE 5 Do you let your Ego dominate the decision-making process?<br/>o MISTAKE 6 Do you allow yourself to be influenced by a herd mentality?<br/>o MISTAKE 7 Do you confuse skill and luck?<br/>o MISTAKE 8 Do you avoid passive investing because you sense a loss of control?<br/>o MISTAKE 9 Do you avoid admitting your investment mistakes?<br/>o MISTAKE 10 Do you pay attention to the “experts”?<br/>o MISTAKE 11 Do you let the price paid affect your decision to continue to hold an asset?<br/>o MISTAKE 12 Are you subject to the fallacy of the “hot streak”?<br/>o MISTAKE 13 Do you confuse the familiar with the safe?<br/>o MISTAKE 14 Do you believe you are playing with the house’s money?<br/>o MISTAKE 15 Do you let friendships influence your choice of investment advisors?<br/><br/>• PART 2: Ignorance is not bliss<br/>o MISTAKE 16 Do you fail to see the poison inside the shiny apple?<br/>o MISTAKE 17 Do you confuse information and knowledge?<br/>o MISTAKE 18 Do you believe your fortune is in the stars?<br/>o MISTAKE 19 Do you rely on misleading information?<br/>o MISTAKE 20 Do you only consider the operating expense ratio when selecting a mutual fund?<br/>o MISTAKE 21 Do you fail to consider the costs of an investment strategy?<br/>o MISTAKE 22 Do you confuse great companies with high return investments?<br/>o MISTAKE 23 Do you understand how the price paid affects returns?<br/>o MISTAKE 24 Do you believe more heads are better than one?<br/>o MISTAKE 25 Do you believe active managers will protect you from bear markets?<br/>o MISTAKE 26 Do you fail to compare your funds with proper benchmarks?<br/>o MISTAKE 27 Do you focus on pretax returns<br/>o MISTAKE 28 Do you rely on a funds descriptive name when making purchase decisions?<br/>o MISTAKE 29 Do you believe active management is a winner’s game in inefficient markets?<br/>o MISTAKE 30 Do you fail to understand the Tyranny of the efficiency of the market?<br/>o MISTAKE 31 Do you believe hedge fund managers deliver superior performance?<br/>o MISTAKE 32 Are you subject to the money illusion?<br/>o MISTAKE 33 Do you believe demographics are destiny?<br/>o MISTAKE 34 Do you follow a prudent process when choosing a financial advisory firm?<br/><br/>• PART 3: Mistakes made when planning an investment strategy<br/>o MISTAKE 35 Do you understand the arithmetic of active management<br/>o MISTAKE 36 Do you understand the bear markets are a necessary evil<br/>o MISTAKE 37 Do you treat the highly likely as certain and highly unlikely as impossible<br/>o MISTAKE 38 Do you take risks not worth taking?<br/>o MISTAKE 39 Do you confuse before the fact strategy with after the fact outcome?<br/>o MISTAKE 40 Do you believe stocks are risky only if your horizon is short?<br/>o MISTAKE 41 Do you try to succeed even when success is highly unlikely?<br/>o MISTAKE 42 Do you understand the importance of saving early in life?<br/>o MISTAKE 43 Do you fail to evaluate the real cost of expenditure?<br/>o MISTAKE 44 Do you believe diversification is the right strategy only if the investment horizon is long?<br/>o MISTAKE 45 Do you believe that this time its different?<br/>o MISTAKE 46 Do you fail to tax manage your portfolio throughout the year?<br/>o MISTAKE 47 Do you let taxes dominate your decisions?<br/>o MISTAKE 48 Do you confuse speculating with investing?<br/>o MISTAKE 49 Do you try to time the market?<br/>o MISTAKE 50 Do you rely on market Gurus?<br/>o MISTAKE 51 Do you use leverage to try to enhance investment returns?<br/>o MISTAKE 52 Do you understand that there is only one way to be a buy and hold investor?<br/>o MISTAKE 53 Do you work with commission-based advisors?<br/>o MISTAKE 54 Do you spend too much time managing your portfolio<br/>o MISTAKE 55 Do you prepare your heirs<br/>o MISTAKE 56 Did you begin your investment journey without a road map?<br/>o MISTAKE 57 Do you understand the nature of risk?<br/><br/>• PART 4: Mistakes made when developing a portfolio<br/>o MISTAKE 58 Do you consider investments in isolation?<br/>o MISTAKE 59 Do you have too many eggs in one basket?<br/>o MISTAKE 60 Do you underestimate the number of stocks needed to build a diversified portfolio?<br/>o MISTAKE 61 Do you believe diversification is determined by the number of securities held?<br/>o MISTAKE 62 Do you believe focused funds outperform?<br/>o MISTAKE 63 Do you understand that in times of crisis the correlations of all risky assets rise?<br/>o MISTAKE 64 Do you fail to consider your labour capital when constructing your portfolio?<br/>o MISTAKE 65 Do you believe the investment world is flat?<br/>o MISTAKE 66 Do you confuse indexing with the exclusive use of an S&P fund?<br/>o MISTAKE 67 Do you consider your home as your exposure to real estate?<br/>o MISTAKE 68 Do you fail to see the risk in high- yield investments?<br/>o MISTAKE 69 Do you purchase products meant to be sold, not bought?<br/>o MISTAKE 70 Do you chase the IPO dream?<br/>o MISTAKE 71 Do you understand that you can be too conservative?<br/>o MISTAKE 72 Is your withdrawal assumption rate in retirement too aggressive?<br/>o MISTAKE 73 Do you hold assets in the wrong location?<br/>o MISTAKE 74 Do you believe that all passively managed funds are created equal?<br/>o MISTAKE 75 Do you trust but fail to verify?<br/>o MISTAKE 76 Do you have a plan B?<br/>o MISTAKE 77 Do you keep repeating the same mistakes?<br/>
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Summary, etc. A guide to avoiding investment mistakes reveals the most common errors investors make and provides a framework for rethinking investment and money management strategies
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Investments
General subdivision Psychological aspects.
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Investment analysis.
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Personal name Balaban, R. C.
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