Comments on: Avoiding Investing Mistakes http://www.obliviousinvestor.com/an-investors-lifetime-avoiding-investing-mistakes/ Investing Blog: The Oblivious Investor Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:04:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mike http://www.obliviousinvestor.com/an-investors-lifetime-avoiding-investing-mistakes/comment-page-1/#comment-2250 Mike Wed, 19 Aug 2009 02:23:34 +0000 http://www.obliviousinvestor.com/?p=5045#comment-2250 JC and Dave: Sorry to hear that you each had to learn things the hard way. Good to hear that you're both on the right track now though. :) JC and Dave: Sorry to hear that you each had to learn things the hard way. Good to hear that you’re both on the right track now though. :)

]]> By: Dave C. http://www.obliviousinvestor.com/an-investors-lifetime-avoiding-investing-mistakes/comment-page-1/#comment-2248 Dave C. Wed, 19 Aug 2009 00:54:04 +0000 http://www.obliviousinvestor.com/?p=5045#comment-2248 Mike, I feel like your are describing me - LOL - your post pretty much sums up my post college experience. Mike,
I feel like your are describing me – LOL – your post pretty much sums up my post college experience.

]]> By: Rob Bennett http://www.obliviousinvestor.com/an-investors-lifetime-avoiding-investing-mistakes/comment-page-1/#comment-2244 Rob Bennett Tue, 18 Aug 2009 19:23:42 +0000 http://www.obliviousinvestor.com/?p=5045#comment-2244 The big problem (in my view) is that we are <i>forced</i> to invest. You cannot opt out because you don't want to learn about investing. Lots of people don't want to learn about investing and yet feel compelled (properly so, of course) to finance their retirements so they invest anyway and then make a lot of mistakes. Then there is the natural human inclination not to want to admit mistakes, which causes the earlier misunderstandings to become set in stone over time. We need more humility in the investing area, in my view. Rob The big problem (in my view) is that we are forced to invest. You cannot opt out because you don’t want to learn about investing. Lots of people don’t want to learn about investing and yet feel compelled (properly so, of course) to finance their retirements so they invest anyway and then make a lot of mistakes.

Then there is the natural human inclination not to want to admit mistakes, which causes the earlier misunderstandings to become set in stone over time.

We need more humility in the investing area, in my view.

Rob

]]> By: JC http://www.obliviousinvestor.com/an-investors-lifetime-avoiding-investing-mistakes/comment-page-1/#comment-2242 JC Tue, 18 Aug 2009 16:47:40 +0000 http://www.obliviousinvestor.com/?p=5045#comment-2242 This posts resonates with me because (with the exception of student loans - and i only have my parents to thank for that, not my own financial competence), i did every wrong thing you mentioned along the way. Now i am 37 and just started understanding these things when i should've figured it out in my early-mid-20s. We need to educate our new grads/workforce....thanks for getting the word out. This posts resonates with me because (with the exception of student loans – and i only have my parents to thank for that, not my own financial competence), i did every wrong thing you mentioned along the way. Now i am 37 and just started understanding these things when i should’ve figured it out in my early-mid-20s. We need to educate our new grads/workforce….thanks for getting the word out.

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