The Biggest Secret to Superior Stock Returns | Smart Change: Personal Finance

It’s your money, and you should invest it in whatever stocks you want – but in many cases the biggest stumbling block to successful investing is what the other people say and do. In this episode of “The Morning Show” on Motley Fool Live, recorded on December 21, Motley Fool analysts Sanmeet Deo and John Rotonti discuss how to block out outside noise and ignore the fear of missing out – also known as FOMO – can be the key to life-changing comebacks.

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Deo Sanmeet: Julian says: “My biggest investment regret was listening to outside noises about Apple growth slows in 2018 – sold – and never adds to Shopify because of analysts who called it an overvalued 100, 200, etc. Once again, it is the human contribution that influences your decision-making and your investment. It’s your money. You decide, do I want to put this in? So something to keep listening to.

John Rotonti: One hundred percent. One way to get around that, Julian – and it’s hard, and it takes practice, and maybe not even everyone – but not to be afraid to miss something. thing. If you are not afraid to miss something, then when everyone is on Twitter and TV is talking about how good that next growth stock is, but it’s trading at insane expectations, you absolutely don’t care. You are able to block out this noise. If you’ve really built the discipline to not have FOMO, you are able to block out that noise. On the other hand, if you’re willing to invest in energy, oil and gas companies first, despite the world saying they’re evil, dirty, and going to zero, you’ve made money. unbelievable money from the low in 2020 when oil futures traded at negative $ 32. You have won amazing money. Money that changes life. If this is what you are looking for and you could block out the noise of people saying oil is dirty and it goes to zero then you have made amazing money. Blocking out noise is the way to get higher yields. It is the safest way to get top returns. Now excuse me. It’s going to be a bumpy race. Here is a quote I tweeted yesterday, and I’m going to put the tweet in the chat. It’s a quote that is close to my heart because I believe it at the DNA level. The quote is from Doug Clinton, co-founder of Loup Ventures, a venture capital firm. The quote is: “In investing and starting a business, and in starting an investment business, doing what others don’t do always leads to extraordinary returns.” This completely blocks out the noise and takes a counter-current approach. The quote once again. “When it comes to investing and starting a business and building an investment business, doing what others don’t do always leads to extraordinary returns.” If you invested in what everyone else invests in, that’s a price, you fools. Not always, in many cases the price is included. In many cases all the good news is included in the price, not always, but in many cases it is.

John Rotonti owns Apple, Shopify, and Twitter. Sanmeet Deo is the owner of Shopify. The Motley Fool owns and recommends Apple, Shopify, and Twitter. The Motley Fool recommends the following options: January 2023 long calls at $ 1,140 on Shopify, March 2023 long calls at $ 120 on Apple, January 2023 short calls at $ 1,160 on Shopify, and March 2023 short calls at $ 130 on Apple. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.