Join this Discussion Also, submit your poetry in the Poet's Corner , hosted by volunteers from the League of Canadian Poets. The core of the book is the author's observation that for many reasons, people tend to buy high and sell low. And how not to be gulled into doing it is his goal. The author observes that bull markets tend to pull in investors' cash, forcing stock prices higher and pushing professional managers to get invested on terms that many would prefer to avoid. There are emotional incentives as well to jump on the bandwagon as investors abandon good sense and begin to think that they are in a period where new rules govern, he says.
Time is on the side of the portfolio investor who has patience.
A book of old fashioned wisdom expressed by an author expert in the market, Investment Traps and How to Avoid Them is provocative and rewarding reading . The style is clear, the story flows and an evening with the book is an evening well spent. Globe Interactive, a division of Bell Globemedia Publishing Inc. Protected by copyright. All rights reserved. Legal notices and terms of use relating to this site.