The 7 most common mistakes investors make: Mistakes number 6 and 7

Posted by Stephen Sutherland on Wed, Sep 24, 2014 @ 01:30 PM

In this series of posts we're looking in detail at 7 of the most common mistakes that investors make. In this post, we'll be looking at mistake number 6, 'not keeping score' and mistake number 7, 'investing too conservatively'.

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Tags: Investment strategy, Investment mistakes

Which of our funds are in the money flow?

Posted by Stephen Sutherland on Wed, Sep 17, 2014 @ 01:30 PM

Each month we like to make sure that the funds we own are acting right. In our opinion, as well as long-term performance being a key factor in fund selection, the short-term performance of a fund is very important once you own it. It’s vital because we’ve noticed that strong funds tend to get stronger and weak funds tend to get weaker.

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Tags: Investment strategy, Investment news

Has a new uptrend begun?

Posted by Stephen Sutherland on Wed, Sep 10, 2014 @ 01:30 PM

In this post we'll take a look at what has been happening in the market since early August.

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Tags: Investment strategy, Investment news

The 7 most common mistakes investors make: Mistakes number 4 and 5

Posted by Stephen Sutherland on Wed, Sep 03, 2014 @ 01:30 PM

In this series of posts we're looking in detail at 7 of the most common mistakes that investors make. In this post, we'll be looking at mistake number 4, 'Concentrating too much on fundamentals' and mistake number 5, 'Playing ‘buy and hold'.

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Tags: Investment strategy, Investment mistakes, Investment charges