Remember That Investment Means Risk
Monday November 24, 2008
It is important that you remember that investing in shares on a stock market means some risk. This applies to both being careful as well as not being overly tentative about getting back into a stock market after a particularly dismal period. While you should avoid making dangerous investments, you also need to remember that risk is natural. If you start to avoid buying shares with any risk at all, you will find you have no investment options open to you at all.
While it is understandable that traders are nervous of losing any more money, accepting some level of risk is necessary to trading. Overconfidence was a problem when the market was growing rapidly, as it inflated it towards a peak that was unsustainable. Now, however, a lack of confidence is the bane, leading to difficulty in obtaining equilibrium and then growth.
Stock brokers who had become used to making massive returns are feeling chastened and seem to be acting in an overly cautious way. This is somewhat ridiculous behaviour, but it is often found when it comes to light that a certain prior behaviour has led to current strife. This cannot work, however: the damage done from overconfident investors has been wrought and will not be fixed by traders becoming so cautious that they stop investing altogether.
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