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Diary of a Private Investor

Wealth & Investing
DIARY OF A PRIVATE INVESTOR

When to cut losers in your portfolio

Berkshire Hathaway chairman Warren Buffett said the game of investing overwhelmingly favours the investor, and it would be a terrible mistake to dance in and out of it at the turn of a tarot card.
Wealth & Investing
DIARY OF A PRIVATE INVESTOR

Why I’d rather be in than out of markets

We should invest in the stock market as we would our current account, which means adding money to the portfolio when we have spare cash we can afford to invest for the long term.
Wealth & Investing
DIARY OF A PRIVATE INVESTOR

Learning from common investment mistakes

With plenty to continue to worry the market, it is unlikely that the wall of worry will be conquered anytime soon. But for most income investors with a balanced portfolio, market gyrations should be almost an irrelevance.
Wealth
DIARY OF A PRIVATE INVESTOR

How to climb the wall of worry

A long-term investor doesn't care about the here and now. What matters is whether the investment will be worth more in the future.
Wealth & Investing
DIARY OF A PRIVATE INVESTOR

My top six reasons to buy shares today

A stock market drop can be a great opportunity to buy shares, but this makes sense if they are shares in good companies.
Wealth & Investing
DIARY OF A PRIVATE INVESTOR

Stay calm; think through your choices in a falling market

To invest successfully in small caps, it is important to stick to some tried and tested rules: Look for companies with a good track record of growing revenues and profits, and with little debt.
Wealth
DIARY OF A PRIVATE INVESTOR

The discipline of investing in small caps

It is important to be realistic about valuations. When a company's shares are valued at more than 50 times earnings, it is almost certainly priced for perfection.
Wealth
DIARY OF A PRIVATE INVESTOR

Investing lesson from DeepSeek: Be wary of perfection

Let’s not forget that America is a population of 335 million people. There are still 7.6 billion people that producers and manufacturers can sell to if America should decide to go down the path of mercantilism and impose penal tariffs on imports.
Wealth
DIARY OF A PRIVATE INVESTOR

Be prepared for a volatile four years

The price of Bitcoin, as well as other cryptocurrencies, has soared after Donald Trump won the US presidency.
Wealth
DIARY OF A PRIVATE INVESTOR

How to spot a bubble

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