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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.
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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Note: The views expressed in this column are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of CoinDesk, Inc. or its owners and affiliates.
Nathaniel Whittemore
NLW is an independent strategy and communications consultant for leading crypto companies as well as host of The Breakdown – the fastest-growing podcast in crypto. Whittemore has been a VC with Learn Capital, was on the founding team of Change.org, and founded a program design center at his alma mater Northwestern University that helped inspire the largest donation in the school’s history.
