We think there is a fundamental decision an investor faces when they think about how to approach the capital allocation. The decision is between how active should I be in the decision making process – should I decide in detail, regularly, where to invest, or should a delegate that decision to something or someone else….
Emotions in Investing (2/2)
Knowing what we now know about emotions in investing, we can start to understand how they impact returns. These impacts including Buying too late We might see an opportunity or stock we like, do our research, get comfortable with it, but fail to act because we concerned and paralysed by potential losses. It is important…
Emotions in Investing (1/2)
In this blog post series, we review how the typical investors emotions change over the course of the cycle and how these changes impact on returns. In the beginning – In the most basic sense, there are two basic, negative, emotional states for any investors. Loss aversion and FOMO. Most investors have loss aversion. Loss…
Getting Started – How to use Journal.Investments
1. Register and log in To use Journal.Investments you will need to have created a free account first. You can create an account or log in here 2. Add historic transactions Adding historic transactions will enable you to view your current portfolio on Journal.Investments, as well as view your investment performance over the preceding years….
Introducing Journal.Investments
We at Journal.investments have one simple aim – to help investors improve their returns. We are trying to do this in one very specific way – improve investors decisions making. We realised amongst ourselves that whist we had read widely and were knowledgeable on investment systems, and that we were approaching each investment decision with…
What is an investment journal and why should you use one?
An investment journal helps investors keep track of their decisions – whether it was a decision to buy, sell or do nothing. They come in many different forms and can include lots of different information, but the general purpose is so that you can review your past decisions and see what has historically worked for…
About Us / FAQs
1. What is Journal.Investments? Journal.Investments is a tool to help you keep track of and organise your notes on companies that you have looked at investing in, and to keep a log of all investing decisions you have made. It also tracks your investing performance. 2. What is the purpose of Journal.Investments? Journal.Investments aims to…