Your Biggest, Most Avoidable, Unforced Investment Errors
Adapted from “How Not To Invest: The ideas, numbers, and behaviors that destroy wealth – and how to avoid them” (Harriman House, March 18, 2025)
By Barry Ritholtz

Tariffs, inflation, war, debt ceiling, profit warnings, geopolitics, market volatility – there’s always something happening to fuel your urge to make a decision – any decision! – right now. This is the perfect recipe for making an unforced error or easily avoidable mistake.

If only there were some ways to prevent investors from interfering with the market’s greatest strength – the incomparable and guaranteed ability to create wealth by compounding over time.

Decades as an investor and trader on Wall Street have taught me that panics come and go. Drawdowns, corrections, and crashes are not the problem – your behavior in response to market turmoil is what causes long-term financial harm.

In “How Not to Invest,” I

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