Episode Details

John Addis is the founder of Intelligent Investor and one of Australia's best investment writers. He joins Owen Rask to dive deep into four categories of losses and how to avoid the costliest investment mistakes.

Video version: https://youtu.be/v8L-I3J1I28

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Show notes: https://www.raskmedia.com.au/2024/10/07/john-addis-book-how-not-to-lose-1-million/

The four categories of losers include:

• Stocks John bought but shouldn't have
• Stocks he bought but sold too soon
• Stocks he bought but sold too late, and
• Stocks he should have bought but didn't.

Companies mentioned include Flight Centre (ASX: FLT), Afterpay (now part of Block Inc), Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL), Facebook/Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META), Star Entertainment Ltd (ASX: SGR), Cochlear Ltd (ASX: COH), PMP Ltd (ASX: PMP) and more.

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