Somewhere in this world, there will always be people looking for the holy grail of investing: beating the market. In case you have no idea what it means, it simply refers to a superior investment methodology that when applied, will make one lots of money and be ahead of everyone else.
As cliché as it may sound, such a thing does not appear in reality; and investors often tend to spend too much time chasing after this fallacy to the point where a great deal of opportunities are wasted during the period.
That said, if you examine the track records of the investing legends who have consistently outperformed the stock market as a whole, you would see some common traits that anyone can adopt easily to their own investment portfolios.
Without further ado, let’s look at 3 ‘secrets’ to beating the market:
Secret #1: Invest in what you know
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