My Worst Investment Ever
Single Stock Not Best Choice for Long Position on Macro Trend
My Worst Investment Ever: I invested in a company operating in a dominant position of its segment within China’s processed–food chain. I liked the idea based on that processed food consumption typically rises alongside a country’s rise in income and urbanization.
Read MoreHard Lesson About Compounding – Could Have Been Better with Coke
My Worst Investment Ever: As an excited 17-year-old who had saved up a little more than US$2,000, I wanted to buy some stock. I held small amounts of two other stocks at the time, so I purchased Coca-Cola shares with the money I had saved.
Read MoreHow Poor Execution Turns a Great Idea into the Worst Investment
My Worst Investment Ever: In early 2017, I was shown an opportunity to invest in a US$6.5m simple agreement for a future equity (SAFE) note issued by BuildDirect.com Technologies Inc., a $1bn Canadian e–commerce company.
Read MoreFutures Investor Takes Eyes Off the Ball and Pays the Price
My Worst Investment Ever: I had a short-term market speculative position on the Thailand Futures Exchange (TFEX) using a SET50 Futures contract. One day, the market slid around 10% because of political unrest, and I was on the losing side of the equation.
Read MoreFalse Hope, Poor Due Diligence Blinds Oil Industry Investor
My Worst Investment Ever: Overall, the investment in Cruise resulted in a return for me of around 125% for a 10-month investment and I was brimming with confidence of course at the prospect of such returns continuing.
Read MoreStart-Up Entrepreneur Runs out of Investment ‘Juice’
My Worst Investment Ever: My partner and I founded a business producing and delivering raw juices for detoxification. We had felt that this product would be a winner because a lot of people were signing up quickly once we had explained the many health benefits of raw-juice programs.
Read MoreBeing the Money Man for Friends
My Worst Investment Ever: My worst investment decision was an investment in a start-up company. I did not invest because I thought the company had a good idea but because I liked the people who were working there, and I didn’t feel I could say “no” to them.
Read MoreLack of Commitment Can Deal a Death Blow to an Investment
My Worst Investment Ever: I have invested in a couple of businesses that were unsuccessful, but my worst investment ever was in my own start-up business. My team had won a start-up competition a few years back. Our company was a web-based enterprise, but it failed for several reasons.
Read MoreConfessions of a Crypto Lemming
My Worst Investment Ever: My worst investment was when I jumped on the crypto-currency bandwagon. Even though I made some money out of it, I would personally consider it to be the worst investment I have made so far.
Read MoreInvestor Paid the High Cost of Inertia
My Worst Investment Ever: If something is great, and you use it and love it, and everyone loves it, maybe you should invest in it. I started using Amazon.com early on, say around 1998.
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