I apologize that it took me quite a long while to wrap up this series. Part 2 of Ten myths of stock market investing was made available last October 2021. It took me some time to come up with Part 3 ! The reason was not because it took me a while to figure out what the other four myths were. The reason was that I became so busy with my other roles, especially with regards to my responsibilities in the academe. Now that all of my deadlines are done, here are the next two myths of stock market investing. 7.)Stock market investing is risky In anything that we do in this world, we take a certain kind of risk. Day to day activities like simply crossing the street or trusting that the food you eat or the water you drink will not make you sick do require that we take some kind of acceptable risk. Well admittedly, there is a certain risk involved when investing in the stock market however the risk I am talking about is not the same kind of risk that most people think. If you … [Read more...]