What happens if you get your timing wrong?

What happens if you get your timing wrong?


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Savers who are put off investing by current global political and economic worries can learn some lessons from the past.

Making the decision to invest your money can often be a tough one. There is always the worry that you will be the unlucky one, investing your money one day, only to see stock markets fall significantly in the days or weeks immediately after.

It’s the reason many shy away from investing at all. After all, behavioural scientists reckon the psychological pain of losing money is about twice as powerful as the pleasure of gaining.

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