Become a Fearless Investor: How to Thrive When Everyone Else Panics

What is the fuss?

The stock market can be a scary place.

Accumulating losses early on in your stock market journey can shake your confidence.

It gets worse during times of extreme pessimism. In these times, everyone is selling. The stories in the media are of doom and gloom.

Your neighbour, the YouTuber you follow, and the newspaper column you read all say the same thing: the stock market run is over.

Your earlier experiences of losing money in the stock market flash before your eyes. Surrounded by uncertainty, you hastily cash out at market lows.

Probably not the best move.

As Warren Buffet says, “A wise investor should be fearful when others are greedy and be greedy when others are fearful.”

In this post, I share five ways to build up that confidence to stand your ground and even take buy calls when everyone is jumping off the ship (I mean jumping off the stock market).

Let’s get started.

A: Know What You Own 📝

Borrowed from the famous saying by Peter Lynch: “Know what you own, and why you own it.”