We’ve all been there. Picked some great stocks with conviction. Run our winners. Been delighted with the gains. Only to see those gains drain away.  It hurts, it’s galling and you are left wondering where you went wrong.  Worse than that, by the time it happens you may have started counting on those gains as […]

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In the first article of this series, we tackled the problems many investors face – story-driven speculation, tip chasing, and the trap of seeking more and more information which often brings overconfidence rather than better results.  One answer is using a rules-based approach, based around the characteristics of shares proven to identify winners. When you […]

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by Ed Croft, Founder & CEO of Stockopedia If you’re anything like me, you probably didn’t start investing with a perfectly thought through plan. You may have looked at fund managers and thought you could do better. Maybe you invested in funds, but were disappointed by the results. You wanted more control, higher returns, a […]

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