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10 Popular Investing Beliefs We Should Be Questioning

NLW dives into a viral twitter thread asking people which financial conventional wisdom they disagree with.

Updated Sep 14, 2021, 10:03 a.m. Published Oct 1, 2020, 6:59 p.m.
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NLW dives into a viral twitter thread asking people which financial conventional wisdom they disagree with.

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When popular finance writer Morgan Housel asked followers on Twitter to share the commonly held investing beliefs they most disagreed with, the internet responded with vigor.

A thousand or so replies later, NLW ranks the top 10 investing ideas we should be questioning, including:

  • Ignoring compounding interest in our 20s
  • Buying homes rather than renting
  • The idea US Treasury bonds are risk-free

Listen to hear the full list.

See also: Violent Reflexivity: Why Market Movements Are More Aggressive Than Ever, Feat. Corey Hoffstein

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