Typically when a trader or property investor enters the market for the first time they start thinking about how much money they will make. The reality is that a new trader may never make any money because reward is a phantom that may never exist. The only constant in markets is risk. Despite the current…
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Much of the day in the life of an investor is spent managing information. In trading, there is no shortage of information. It is possible to track the opening and closing of all major world markets courtesy of cable television. The internet has brought the dealing desk into the home with vast information resources available via…
I see many investors marching to a steady drumbeat of burnout. There’s something about the A-Type personality that piles activity on activity as if the various aspects of their lives were like pasta sheets in a lasagne. So many of us aren’t taking time to stop, look, listen and live. I don’t have a problem with the…
Many years ago, I remember getting to the cash register with a trolley load of shopping. I handed over my debit card, and the machine rejected my card. Oh far out – there wasn’t enough money in the account! I thought there was more. I had lost track of my income and expenses, and I…
This is something most traders discuss, but so few property investors discuss. It’s a topic so essential to trading effectively, that 99% of the successful traders I train in my Mentor Program implement… yet, less than 5% of property investors utilise. Yet – the property investors who do use this method are among the richest…
Interestingly, studies have confirmed people have two beliefs about how intelligence works. Some believe it is “fixed” and others believe it is more “malleable” and can alter over time, depending on your life experiences. A “growth mindset” is the key. Students who believe that intelligence is fixed, are less resilient. If you truly don’t believe…
Are you ready to pounce now the market is providing you with some signals? Or, are you quietly freaking out? Over the years that I’ve been trading, I’ve learned quite a few things about how successful traders and property investors operate. Here are three facts that are at the front of every happy, well-adjusted and…
I received an email last week that kind of shook me. Here’s what it said: “Louise, I’m a fan, but I have a piece of advice for you that I do hope you’ll follow. You’re telling people too much. As an example, I know that you openly tell people how it took you 3 years…
How are you likely to react if you suddenly made a huge windfall profit? Or, (perish the thought), a larger than expected loss? From a neurological perspective, we have some neurons in our brain called Mirror Neurons. When we look at a sport or listen to someone else’s experiences, these nifty little neurons fire off…
I have very little time for pseudo-scientific notions such as the Efficient Market Hypothesis. This one, in particular, is rubbish since it is grounded in a massively flawed assumption – that people are rational. Anyone who believes that Homo Investorus is rational clearly has a brain injury that requires some form of treatment such as…