Overload alert

Planning to invest? Have you researched the stock/fund? Are you reading all the news? Have you watched a zillion YouTube videos? How many WhatsApp groups have you joined? How many finfluencers are you following on Instagram? Sometimes, I do wish that this so-called information revolution had never happened. We were back in the day when you read a few (paper) annual reports, glanced at a month or so of stock prices, spoke to a couple of investing friends and then bought or did not buy a stock. Now, most of us feel inundated with an overwhelming amount of financial information from countless sources. It's easy to get caught up in the frenzy of trying to stay informed and make the 'right' investment decisions based on the latest news, trends, and opinions. However, this constant bombardment of information can often do more harm than good, leading to analysis paralysis, emotional decision-making, and a lack of focus. The truth is that most of the noise we consume daily is largely irrelevant to our investment goals.