If anyone told you he or she knew exactly what is going to happen in the stock market over the next few days, months or even years, do yourself a favour and stay away from that person. That was one piece of advice from Rusmin Ang’s talk that stuck out the most for me at InvestX Congress 2017, a quasi-annual event The Fifth Person held on 19 August this year. Rusmin is the Co-Founder of The Fifth Person, a team of individuals who believe in the importance of providing no fluff content and research to retail investors and helping them make more informed decisions. He dedicated almost the entire past decade of his life to understanding investing in the stock market, figuring out various ways to optimise his portfolio as a retail investor. If it’s one important lesson he learned, it’s that no one can ever, EVER predict how the ......