Battling emotions is just the tip of the stock picking iceberg. I know because I used to pick stocks years ago as well. In addition to the emotional difficulties, you also have to deal with periods of underperformance and the possibility that you don’t actually have any stock picking skill. As a result, I’ve since given up picking individual stocks and I recommend that you do the same. But, my reasoning for why you shouldn’t pick individual stocks has evolved over time. Originally, I gave up on buying individual stocks because of what I will call the financial argument. It’s a good argument
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