Five ways to turn down the noise and stay focussed as an investor

The note looks at the ever increasing level of noise around investing and how investors can manage it. The key points are as follows:

  • A surge in financial information and opinion along with our natural inclination to focus on bad news is arguably making us worse investors: more fearful & short term.

  • Five ways to help manage the noise and stay focussed as investors are: put the latest worry list in context; recognise that shares return more than cash in the long term because they can lose money in the short term; find a process to help filter noise; make a conscious effort not to check your investments so much; and look for opportunities that investor worries throw up.

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