Investment Tales: Debunking the Myths of Win-Win Strategies. Aswat Damodaran
There are hundreds of strategies for trading on the stock exchange, some are more popular than others.
A separate category is made up of so-called win-win strategies, which are considered the least risky and guarantee a profit.
But in reality, not all surefire strategies live up to their name; a book written by a professional investor will help debunk most of the myths.
In it, you will find a description of thirteen popular strategies and an explanation of the reasons why these strategies do not always provide a guaranteed result.
It should be noted that the main topic of the book is the stock market, and it is investments in securities that receive the main attention.
- High Dividend Stocks – Are High Dividend Stocks Really a Good Investment?
- Undervalued stocks – buying stocks with low prices and high income. Calculating the yield and determining the quality of the income received.
- Buying Below Book Value – Why Undervalued Stocks Don't Always Guarantee Growth.
- Investments with a stable income - are securities that generate a constant income always a guarantee of receiving it?.
- Buying good companies – everyone has heard that by buying shares of companies whose products are trustworthy, you are guaranteed to win. Is this really true?.
- Growth securities - assessment of prospects, rate of price growth, strategy for finding shares of fast-growing companies.
- The worst is behind us – buying after falls, the influence of information on price, what playing against the crowd can lead to.
- Profitable investment in new businesses – how profitable is it to buy companies that have just entered the market?.
- Merger – it is generally accepted that the merger of companies always causes an increase in their stock prices. Is this a myth or reality?
- Risk-free profit – an arbitrage strategy as a generally recognized risk-free option for earning money on the stock exchange.
- Inertia in investing – the market changes, but most people continue to invest in assets that are no longer promising.
- Should you always trust the advice of experts – insider information, professional analysts and various financial consultants?.
- Expectation is always a guarantee of profit; it is generally accepted that in the long term, any security will generate income.
If your goal is the stock market and you want to invest rather than speculate intraday, this book will be a real find for you.
