{"id":5256,"date":"2022-11-07T08:00:26","date_gmt":"2022-11-07T06:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/contattoblogs.timslatter.co.za\/?p=5256"},"modified":"2022-11-07T08:00:26","modified_gmt":"2022-11-07T06:00:26","slug":"are-old-investment-truths-still-relevant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/contattolive.co.za\/north\/are-old-investment-truths-still-relevant\/","title":{"rendered":"Are old investment truths still relevant?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a recent podcast on the Allan Gray Podcast with Dan Brocklemank, head of Orbis UK, he reflected on how humans are NOT designed to be good investors. Our natural instincts very often pull us in the exact opposite direction to what we need to be doing in order to be good at investing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our natural habits and instincts protect us in the present; they\u2019re not good at protecting us for the future and seeing the bigger picture.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s partially why Warren Buffet once said that the most important quality for an investor is temperament, not intellect. It\u2019s not always what we know in the here and now, but how we behave when we see others in a state of panic.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Throughout history, there have been bubbles in the markets that have incited irrational investor behaviour; everyone can see them happening, and yet they all buy, driving up the prices, even when the market value is radically out of sync.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It almost feels trite to repeat the saying that it\u2019s all about time in the markets, not timing the markets, but it\u2019s an old investment truth that still rings soundly, even in the current global environment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Long-term investors have always had to make sense of a barrage of information, from market movements and geopolitical news to economic developments and personal finance trends.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With the digital age giving rise to a new culture of near-limitless access to information, this is now even more challenging.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you\u2019re looking to build and sustain a long-term wealth strategy, it\u2019s helpful to have a long-term relationship with a financial planner who is willing to work closely with you to help you create and stick to your financial goals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is because, despite all our investing history and available technology, forecasters are still so bad at predicting what will happen tomorrow and why we still believe that the best way to build wealth is by adopting a long-term approach. Working with someone you know and trust, who can talk you out of a hole or off a ledge, is going to become paramount to growing a strong, robust investment portfolio.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a recent podcast on the Allan Gray Podcast with Dan Brocklemank, head of Orbis UK, he reflected on how humans are NOT designed to be good investors. Our natural instincts very often pull us in the exact opposite direction to what we need to be doing in order to be good at investing. 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