Finance investing is no funny business. Useful guidance is a necessity to be successful in the journey of investments and Twitter can be a great place to learn. So what better way to be guided than by learning from the advocates of investing themselves. In this regard, we bring to you 10 tweets from the notable names in value investment which will help you in becoming a smart investor. You can also go ahead and follow their Twitter handles.
Valid reasons for selling:
— Naval (@naval) November 29, 2021
• You've completely lost faith in the project.
• You can redeploy into a better investment (after accounting for headwinds from tax).
• It accounts for too much of your net worth.
• You have a worthwhile personal expenditure to make.
Selling is difficult & loaded with regret
— Rohit Chauhan (@rohitchauhan) October 24, 2021
Most Investors, including me, take the easy way out by doing nothing. We tell stories to justify it
Pre-defined sell rules followed by quant & momentum investors, get around this very human problem. This is something to learn from
When a stock is undervalued, it 'may' reprice to fair value in the 'long' run. Undervaluation does not mean profits soon
— Rohit Chauhan (@rohitchauhan) October 18, 2021
When a stock is overvalued, it 'may' reprice to fair value in the 'long' run. Overvaluation does not mean losses soon
In 1995 Berkshire annual meeting when asked what's the first thing Charlie looks for in a company, he said:
— Value Investor Journal (R) (@VJ_Rabindranath) November 29, 2021
"If a business has had a lousy past and a bright future, we would let go the opportunity. It's that simple."
In investing what often looks like overnight success is nothing but simply ten, fifteen, twenty years of patience.
— Value Investor Journal (R) (@VJ_Rabindranath) November 28, 2021
"I want to beat the market by atleast 2% annually" is a goal. Not in your control.
— Value Investor Journal (R) (@VJ_Rabindranath) November 26, 2021
"I don't want to lose money" is a system. Much in your control.
Focus on building systems in your control. Goals will take care of themselves.
Great buying opportunities are available once in 4-5 years.
— Vivek (@Vivek_Investor) November 29, 2021
Good buying opportunities are available once/ year or once in 2 years.
Rest is just noise.
Limited capital and unlimited stock ideas (?) lead to "unnecessary activities" - This is a path for long-term "underperformance"
— Vivek (@Vivek_Investor) November 28, 2021
Sensible Investing |
Long term investing does not mean keeping eyes closed. It is actively tracking while passively holding. If the buy decisions are correct, selling becomes infrequent. Frequent selling is a poor reflection of our buy decisions.
— D.Muthukrishnan (@dmuthuk) November 29, 2021
Bull and bear markets follow each other forever. Steep corrections are very normal. Volatility is the nature of the beast.
— D.Muthukrishnan (@dmuthuk) November 29, 2021
Everyone knows above. But they're forgotten when markets keep going up. Markets are generally two steps forward and one step backward. Always remember this.
