{"id":2240,"date":"2020-10-05T19:31:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-05T19:31:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2023-04-27T12:05:38","modified_gmt":"2023-04-27T12:05:38","slug":"how-much-information-is-good-in-equity-investing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.equentis.com\/blog\/how-much-information-is-good-in-equity-investing\/","title":{"rendered":"How Much Information Is Good in Equity Investing? – Research & Ranking"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Well, you may shrug off the above question, telling me, obviously it has simplified the whole investment process. The trend and the buzz word of today is ‘Digital evolution’. And being an investor during such times may look like a privilege. Like seriously, investing in the 1980s was complicated and time-consuming, with information reserved only for a few privileged. But now, we can sit down in front of our computers and phones and do everything – from researching about the stocks and markets, using online tools to do quick calculations and then portals which allows us to buy and sell with a single click.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Investing indeed has become simpler, hassle-free and more convenient. But has it become efficient?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meaning, is today’s ‘digitally empowered’ investor making more returns than ‘not so digitally empowered investor’? Are we taking fewer risks while making the same returns? Well, the answer is quite apparent – this information overload in the digital era has done more harm than good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A majority of digitally empowered investors stay glued to the stock screen all the time, watching their stock prices continuously. If it goes up, they sell. If it goes down, they get upset. In short, any movement in stock prices triggers action from them. And to make it worse – they don’t only look at the price. They also stay hooked to other news about the stock, industry, economy, markets, political developments, global<\/a> cues, anything on WhatsApp or business channels that the anchors talk about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So why does this happen? Let’s take a quick look at a few of the myths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Myths Of Digitally Empowered Investor<\/p>\n\n\n\n