If you are a stock market investor, no wonder you think the game is rigged against you.
You believe the financial services industry is a racket, and the stock market is a game reserved only for the chosen few.
You also believe that the stock market experts appearing on business channels and other financial media try to lure you into stock advice that only serves their selfish interests.
But despite these truths – yes what your believe is true – there is no other asset class that has provided better long-term returns to investors than equities.
So I feel sad whenever people, after facing a loss on their stock investments, or after going through a short-term correction, or after getting duped by a greedy advisor, leave investing.
In fact, here are the three most common reasons I’ve heard over the years from people who’ve thought about completely exiting the stock markets.
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