If you have followed my previous 2 blog posts, you might be confused whether investing is easy. On one hand, I mentioned that there are ways to invest wisely. On the other hand, I also mentioned that investing is not a bed of roses. How should you make out of these 2 seemingly contradictory blog posts? First and foremost, investing is really not easy. You know that the trick to making money is to buy low and sell high. You may also have a plan to ensure that you buy low and sell high. You also know that if you invest at the bottom of a bear market, you will make a lot of money. However, when that bear market happens, your existing portfolio will be showing a lot of losses. Assuming you have a portfolio of 20 stocks, easily 15 of them would be in the red, with a ......