The Emotional Investor: There’s No Crying in Investments

Investing can be complicated.  Not only do you have to worry about price fluctuations and bid-ask spreads, you’re also concerned about whether to buy, when to buy and when to sell.   At the same time, investing is more than  strategic analysis and trading mechanics.  After all, investors are still human and emotions creep into our investment decisions far too often. Investors are not computers. We are human beings with families, mortgages, career pressures and a host of other emotional baggage that affects our decisions.  We are subject to the  confusing whims of the market.  The distress of plummeting prices, the thrill of soaring…