Finance | Investing | The biggest mistakes investors make

Money is an integral part of our day-to-day life. From the time we start earning till we die, we are involved with money -- earning, spending, investing, managing, donating, lending and borrowing.

Strangely, when we leave school, we have a fair amount of knowledge in math, history, geography, science, languages and what not. But when it comes to money, we are left on our own. It is o ur family, friends, books, magazines, television channels and the Internet that contribute to our financial upbringing.

Hence, we grow up learning about money in a highly unstructured manner; the end result is generally a poor understanding of it.

As such, when it comes to investing, we all make some mistakes. Here are five common ones.

 

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(Courtesy : GetAhead@ Rediff)