Today I want to ponder an existential investing question.

It is a question bugging mankind since dinosaurs roamed the earth and the neanderthal man walked around with his cudgel making growling noises.

I exaggerate but you get my point. The issue at hand is deep set. It involves every investor. It is painful.

The question is this – Why do retail investors lose money in the stock market?

I have my own ideas but rather than have you sail through a fog sit through a long article to provide you with a seemingly plausible answer, let us do it a little differently. No answers from me today. Instead, i have questions. Many questions. 34 of them to be exact.

Today, let us indulge in a spot of Socratic Enquiry and see where this leads us. Here goes

Buying

1. Why do investors lose money?

 
2. Could one of the reasons be – ...