i want you to speak to that new investor who's seeking short term validation. They're looking at their stock investments like they look at their favorite sport teams and the games that are being played. And i'm going to ask you to do your best to persuade them, maybe not to turn that off but to put that in its proper context. If you want a big reward, if you want a lot of success, you have to deserve it. You have to earn it. That's true for everything in life, including the sports team,. The other thing i would say is that most things in life have a short payback period. In the stock market, i sometimes it doesn't work
Most investors are not as smart as they thought they were a year ago. Fortunately, they're also not as dumb as they feel today. Morgan Housel, author of the international best-selling book “The Psychology of Money” joins Motley Fool co-founder Tom Gardner on to discuss investing behavior and why it is the most fundamental piece of your investing success. They also talk about how you can think about your cash position and how to mentally prepare for down markets.
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Stocks: NFLX, SHOP
Host: Tom Gardner Guest: Morgan Housel Producer: Ricky Mulvey Engineers: Rick Engdahl, Dan Boyd
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