Comments on: Investors making the same mistakes over and over… http://www.intelligentspeculator.net/investment-talking/investors-making-the-same-mistakes-over-and-over/ Free stock picks and stock market commentary. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 13:51:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Hope To Prosper http://www.intelligentspeculator.net/investment-talking/investors-making-the-same-mistakes-over-and-over/comment-page-1/#comment-4052 Hope To Prosper Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:56:04 +0000 http://www.intelligentspeculator.net/?p=1290#comment-4052 I analyzed the LTCM failure in one of my posts. One thing that struck me as a cause of that failure was the arrogance in assuming the fund would take a six sigma event to fail. I'm not a Nobel Prize winning economist, but I know that investment failure is never that much of a long-shot. don't think these guys were nearly as smart as they thought they were. Of course, they are giving away Nobel Prizes to just about anyone. I analyzed the LTCM failure in one of my posts. One thing that struck me as a cause of that failure was the arrogance in assuming the fund would take a six sigma event to fail. I’m not a Nobel Prize winning economist, but I know that investment failure is never that much of a long-shot. don’t think these guys were nearly as smart as they thought they were.

Of course, they are giving away Nobel Prizes to just about anyone.

]]> By: Carnival of Personal Finance #229: candy edition — the centsible life http://www.intelligentspeculator.net/investment-talking/investors-making-the-same-mistakes-over-and-over/comment-page-1/#comment-4043 Carnival of Personal Finance #229: candy edition — the centsible life Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:51:37 +0000 http://www.intelligentspeculator.net/?p=1290#comment-4043 [...] Investors making the same mistakes over and over… : It’s no surprise that investors make mistakes, but what happens when you make the same mistakes over and over again? [...] [...] Investors making the same mistakes over and over… : It’s no surprise that investors make mistakes, but what happens when you make the same mistakes over and over again? [...]

]]> By: Brian http://www.intelligentspeculator.net/investment-talking/investors-making-the-same-mistakes-over-and-over/comment-page-1/#comment-4011 Brian Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:26:14 +0000 http://www.intelligentspeculator.net/?p=1290#comment-4011 There will always be people who can be easily parted with their money. There will always be people who can be easily parted with their money.

]]> By: Catarina http://www.intelligentspeculator.net/investment-talking/investors-making-the-same-mistakes-over-and-over/comment-page-1/#comment-3974 Catarina Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:24:25 +0000 http://www.intelligentspeculator.net/?p=1290#comment-3974 Can we learn from LTCM? Yes. The only way investors can repeat mistakes over and over is if they convince themselves that the same thing they are doing is in fact something different. Can we learn from LTCM? Yes. The only way investors can repeat mistakes over and over is if they convince themselves that the same thing they are doing is in fact something different.

]]> By: Francois http://www.intelligentspeculator.net/investment-talking/investors-making-the-same-mistakes-over-and-over/comment-page-1/#comment-3973 Francois Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:22:54 +0000 http://www.intelligentspeculator.net/?p=1290#comment-3973 The rise and the fall of LTCM... Although LTCM's returns were impressive , their losses were also impressive... That's a perfect case study, because there are lot of elements to understand. After the fall of LTCM, according to press records, there were tons of losers... it's difficult and not easy to say that you would avoid investing in a institution that generates lots of money... especially before a collapse ( i.e. indy bancorp). The rise and the fall of LTCM… Although LTCM’s returns were impressive , their losses were also impressive… That’s a perfect case study, because there are lot of elements to understand. After the fall of LTCM, according to press records, there were tons of losers… it’s difficult and not easy to say that you would avoid investing in a institution that generates lots of money… especially before a collapse ( i.e. indy bancorp).

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