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There is a huge amount of content on the internet of investors, traders, financial gurus, etc., showing their portfolios and the invested counters. These people, who I will dub as “content creators” (understood that some investment greats like Warren Buffett do not use social media to show, but for simplicity in this blog post I will lump them together as there are people covering his trades as well). It is interesting to see what they have, their rationale behind in getting the securities and their views going forward (OK, it’s like my “Inside The Bedokian’s Portfolio” series).
Nevertheless, I have had heard of some investors and traders who, for some reasons, prefer to copy or follow the above people’s trades and counter selections without giving much thought, even though some of these content creators had explicitly stated not to imitate their portfolios. As I had emphasised before that individuals are different with one another,...