If you have burned your hands and pockets in the past due to wrong investment decisions, you will be wary of investing anything in the near future because of the fear of losing. Most of your fear stems from your bad experiences. Investments do not follow the one-advice-fits-all principle.
When you are investing, a lot of money, emotions, and expectations are at stake. However, if you have to build up your wealth and portfolio, investing is the only way out.
Tips to overcome the fear of investing
There is no logic to why some people fear investing and refrain from doing so. No amount of reasoning will work if one fears of investing. However, here are some simple tips that can be helpful to you overcome fears, if you are one of those investors who fear to invest due to potential losses.
- Make a strategy
Having a proper strategy will let you explore options for investing. In the beginning, try to go as per your strategy. That will help you to take one-step at a time. - Do not lose hope
Investments by nature are subject to difficulties. Remember, after every rain, there is sunshine. Do not lose hope if there are no profits initially. Sometimes investments take time to settle to show some growth. - Invest for a long term
Any investment done with short-term goals in mind will not be fruitful. An investment, in whatever source you decide, whether it is shares, real estate, or bonds, if held over a long time will give you a good rate of returns. - Avoid following everyone’s advice
There will many people around you who have different opinions about which is the best form of investing. Do not go and make a decision by what people say. Do your own research and believe in your instinct, about determining where to invest your money. - Set goals
Setting goals for yearly basis can help you track where your investments are headed. If you notice that goals are not met as per your expectation, you can always back out, thereby reducing your losses. - Learn from your mistakes
One of the best ways of overcoming your fear is to learn from your mistakes. You may not repeat the same mistake you did last time. Either you gain or you lose, but the situation will be much better than the previous time. - Keep your expectation low
Think about the worst-case scenario in the case you lose money. Do not keep very high expectations. Investment results do not come overnight. It would be unfair to expect a stock price to rise drastically to 90% in just a little time. - Have a backup
If plan A fails, you can always execute plan B. This is how backup works. Suppose, after having invested $1000 in 50 stocks of a company, it fails to give at least 10% returns in six months, you can always pull out the remaining amount of the stock by selling it and curtailing any further loss.Many investors have lost their money in the stock markets or real estate, but that did not stop them from investing again with a new approach and a better strategy.
