My biggest winners in stocks have dropped in price before they really took off. This is counter intuitive, but this has been my experience. With computers now days, everyone is like Pavlov's dogs. The bell rings (stock is bought) and the dog salivates (stock goes up). Stocks don't work that w
Howard Marks wrote a book "The Most Important Thing". In it, he outlined what he viewed as the important things for success in investments. It is sort of "tongue in cheek" as Marks describes 19 items that are most important.