Four common investing mistakes

Investing is a loser's game. No, recent losses haven't turned us bitter towards the investing game. We are simply stating what Sanjay Bakshi, renowned Indian investor and Managing Partner at ValueQuest Capital, said in his 1996 article 'Why Most Investors are Mostly Wrong Most of The Time'. In this article, Bakshi states that winning in investing is more about making as few mistakes as possible rather than making brilliant decisions, which is the definition of a loser's game. So the next question that pops up is, what are these mistakes, and how does one avoid them? While Bakshi doesn't disclose his trade secret of how to minimise investing mistakes, he goes over the common mistakes investors are privy to. Investing in the wrong asset Baksh

This article was originally published on May 09, 2023.