We Investors Lose At Times: You Are Not Alone

We investors are imperfect creatures living in a complex world.  We are destined to stumble and fall.  It’s part and parcel of the probability game that is the stock market.  One day in the near future, you will find yourself here amongst “the investing losers”, just as surely as any exceptional salesperson whose potential customer refuses his or invitation to buy.  Be comforted in the knowledge that when you land here, you will not arrive alone.  Other “investing losers” will be there with you – old and new friends as well.

This isn’t the end.  You’ll just need to brush yourself off, put the bad trade completely behind you (after first siphoning off the key insights you just learned) and know that probabilities dictate you are now one step closer to your next big winning trade.  What you don’t do is ignore potential lessons just learned and simply kick the can down the road.  You don’t allow all those negative ions to jump all over you and drown you like a tsunami.  This is where you need to get vaccinated with a little personalized truth serum and answer the question:  what will I do differently next time?