27: Why The Stock Market is Stupid and Investors Are Too Emotional

Girl on FIRE

🎙 Emotional investing…speculation…market sentiment… these are all the things that drive the stock market. Which means that they determine what happens to your wealth, even when you have a solid and well-researched investing strategy. So, how do these forces actually work, and how can you protect your wealth against them? 🤔

This episode discusses topics like:

🌟 How emotional investing feeds market sentiment and speculation;

🌟 Whether choosing water over Coke really spells doom and gloom for your investments; and

🌟 Why the stock market can be a little stupid and investors can go a little crazy.

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Episode transcript and show notes: https://www.papermoneyco.com/gof27

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Time codes:

00:00 Hello and Welcome!

03:31 What Is Emotional Investing?

05:39 How Does Emotional Investing Impact Your Wealth?

08:07 How Does Investor Sentiment and Speculation Impact the Stock Market?

14:00 Sponsor - FIRE and Investment Calculator Spreadsheet

15:55 How Does Emotional Investing Impact Your Wealth?

19:33 Ways to Beat Emotional Investing

23:59 Next Weeks’ Episode

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