Reduce the rules in your investing strategy to make it more robust and easier to execute.
We all hear that simple is better; that complex doesn’t work as well and is harder to execute over the long run. Complex rules tend to promote confusion and second-guessing – things that can wreak havoc on any investing strategy.
Investors insist on making things too complicated. Many even believe that simple rules cannot make money over the long run; that the only way to win is be some kind of genius math whiz or have super-human intuition. No. No. And no. Simple and effective works.
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14: Half vs. Half-Assed Product