Two Simple Principles to Investing Success | Insights #135

We all have our dreams, and while they might not always be realistic, it can be fun to get caught up in the hype of the newest product, market trend, or what you’d do with $2 billion if you won this week’s Powerball, it doesn’t always pan out. However, what if you were told that some of your wildest dreams could be achieved with two simple secrets? Discipline and diligence.Hype cycles can challenge any investor to stay disciplined and diligent. It is very easy to be overly optimistic and see a short path to your dreams becoming reality. A path does exist, but it requires the two secrets mentioned as well as a knowledge of financial market principles and fundamentals that govern the laws of that road.They may not always be the strongest (or most exciting) forces in the market, but history has shown that they are the only tried and true tools that can be used to achieve your dreams and do so in a highly probable fashion.On this episode of Insights, we highlight current events, including how many quickly accumulated fortunes over the past few years were lost overnight due to an overdose of optimism and a deficiency of discipline and diligence.Episode Highlights: (0:00) Intro(1:07) Current Events(2:56) Surprise Inflation Reading(4:25) Earnings Readings and Adjustments(6:25) Crypto market activity - FTX(7:27) Recession and Market Pricing(8:45) Takeaways(13:04) If it sounds too good to be true…(13:25) Don’t forget that Fundamentals Matter(13:55) Wrap up