Pat Dorsey’s “The Five Rules for Successful Stock Investing" is one of the best books out there for long-term investors in individual stocks. Excellent summary of that book. 👏
"The real threat to your portfolio is not volatility. It's your ability to cope with it. As a result, your portfolio doesn't need to be protected from volatility. It needs to be protected from yourself." 👏
"Volatility refers to how dramatically the price of an investment may change. On the other hand, risk refers to the probability that an investment will underperform the market or result in a permanent loss of capital."
Finance Articles A-Z. Excellent Bookmark page (scroll down a bit), to refer whenever you want to learn more on important Financial concepts with solid explanations and examples. h/t CFI 👏
Phenomenal compilation of about 50 great Book summaries. Such condensed knowledge from many great books in Business, Finance, Psychology & Biographies. h/t @stig_brodersen@PrestonPysh 👏
When I'm investing for the long-term in individual businesses, I would rather invest in the wrecking balls and not the crumbling walls, irrespective of the short term fears. (Not advice).
$UPST These are definitely weird times. You never expect a position (bought for long-term) to return more than 100% in 7-8 business days.
Although I usually wait few Qtrs after any IPO to understand the how the Business & Management perform in Public Mkts, in this case as I was still researching/liking the Company, Mr. Market offered a 50% discount on March 5th/8th and I couldn't resist.
✔️Attractiveness of it's current products (making credit available for more eligible people, using better/comprehensive metrics compared to legacy ones).