So you've made a 12% profit this year. Great. And you've outperformed the S&P and STI index this year. Fantastic. You've lost a little money this year. No worries. Irregardless of whether you've made profits or losses this year, one thing for certain is that you've learned new things from your investing journey which you can reflect and apply to your advantage in the future...and this applies even to seasoned investors who have been investing all their lives.

For those who have known me, I am not a seasoned investors. I only started investing in the stock market back in the middle of the Euro crisis in 2011 and along the journey I've learned a great deal of information and skills which I hope will make me a better investor in the future. Here are some of the lessons which I deemed to be most important in my journey learning ...