{"id":4931,"date":"2022-07-18T08:00:25","date_gmt":"2022-07-18T06:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/contattoblogs.timslatter.co.za\/?p=4619"},"modified":"2022-07-18T08:00:25","modified_gmt":"2022-07-18T06:00:25","slug":"when-the-markets-have-you-second-guessing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/contattolive.co.za\/vantage\/when-the-markets-have-you-second-guessing\/","title":{"rendered":"When the markets have you second-guessing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>\u201cGenuine travellers travel not to overcome distance but to discover distance.&#8221;<\/em><br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>James P Carse<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Investing money is always a paradox: it\u2019s simple, complex, straightforward, challenging, mathematical, and unpredictable. It\u2019s because of our emotional influence that plays a significant role in every decision we make.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When investing in the markets, many have said it\u2019s all about time in the markets, not timing the markets. When trying to time the markets, our emotions can offset our mathematical thinking and trigger our unpredictable, irrational thinking. Just like the genuine traveller, who would more often choose the scenic route than the shortcut, we cannot allow panic to have us second-guessing and looking for a shortcut to sustainable wealth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Seasoned investors, like genuine travellers, know that the markets will always have twists and turns, hills and valleys. They often choose the road less travelled because it\u2019s about discovering, not overcoming. But it\u2019s also not always about taking a longer route as much as it is about realising that the course may have unexpected scenery, delays or alternate routes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another helpful comparison from this analogy is that successful, memorable trips often have a navigator and a map. In our financial journey, when the road gets hairy or it looks like we\u2019re heading off course, we need someone to help us check in on our map to either assure us that we\u2019re on the right road or quickly find alternatives for us.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The markets and your investment strategy will always have you second-guessing; that\u2019s simply the nature of important decisions. Every big decision we make will always present many alternatives and that\u2019s why it\u2019s helpful to have relationships with people we trust and respect to help us make and stick to our best decisions.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cGenuine travellers travel not to overcome distance but to discover distance.&#8221; James P Carse Investing money is always a paradox: it\u2019s simple, complex, straightforward, challenging, mathematical, and unpredictable. It\u2019s because of our emotional influence that plays a significant role in every decision we make. When investing in the markets, many have said it\u2019s all about [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4932,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,25],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4931","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-blog","8":"category-market","10":"post-with-thumbnail","11":"post-with-thumbnail-large"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/contattolive.co.za\/vantage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/contattolive.co.za\/vantage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/contattolive.co.za\/vantage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/contattolive.co.za\/vantage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/contattolive.co.za\/vantage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4931"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/contattolive.co.za\/vantage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4931\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/contattolive.co.za\/vantage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/contattolive.co.za\/vantage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/contattolive.co.za\/vantage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/contattolive.co.za\/vantage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}