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Dispelling Investment Myths

October 19, 2009
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Dispelling Investment Myths

Recently, I spent a little time dispelling the myth that October is a truly scary month in the market–as it turns out, it’s more volatile than the average month, but the returns are about average, and far more Octobers end with gains than losses. Today, because of some of the questions I’m getting from newer subscribers, and from some who attended my online seminar last week, I want to dispel a handful of other investment myths. How do investment myths get started, and why are they widely believed? Mainly it’s because the market is a contrary animal–what seems like...

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