Investing Basics: Simple rules for successful investing

Highly respected financial journalist David Stevenson shares his five rules for successful investing.  

 
Investing can be a complicated business. Noise surrounds every decision we make; do I buy this, should I sell that?  

Are the bears right, or will the bulls triumph? Which fund works for me?  

Should I go active and bet on a manager, or should I stick with a simple, cheap, passive index tracker? 

I’ve been writing about investing for nearly 15 years, and have actively invested on my own for over 30 years. 

I have learnt five very simple rules that I think hold true for most situations:
 

 
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